Pressure from the Spaniards will be absolutely redoubled in its intensity after the sinking of the Prestige, which will wreak havoc on the existing Spanish fishing waters. I feel very sorry for these courageous shoreline shell fisherman in Spain. My heart goes out to them but they should go for their own Government. The Spanish and Portuguese, and perhaps other Governments, were grossly irresponsible in refusing to allow the Prestige to be brought in towards the shore where the damage would have been less. They insisted in a mean spirited, not in my back yard, attitude in having the tanker dragged further and further out into Atlantic waters where it will do enormous damage. This was utterly stupid. I would like the Minister to fight for international regulations in this issue so that there will be some degree of compulsion. I heard a wonderful Dutch salvage expert speaking on radio yesterday who said it was a disgrace that the incident was not handled as a salvage or fishing operation but as a political problem. The political leaders kicked it around from country to country until the disaster was multiplied. We must learn to avoid this happening. The Spaniards will redouble their efforts in the wake of this incident, and one cannot blame them.