To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer of 3 February, Official Report, column 80, regarding the implementation of EC directive 91/492/EC, if he will specify the date on which he expects the classification work to be completed.

Under EC directive 91/492/EEC, classification of shellfish harvesting areas must be operative by 1 January 1993. I appreciate that shellfish producers will need the longest possible warning of the likely classifications, and we will publish results at the earliest possible date.