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Mr. Flynn
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he plans to introduce new regulations for the control of the transport of toxic materials on rivers and estuaries.
Mr. McLoughlin
The existing Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Regulations 1981, as amended, which govern the transport of toxic materials on rivers and estuaries within the United Kingdom, will be revised to take account of recent internationally agreed conditions for the transport of marine pollutants by ships.