Where the public sets the agenda
Blot on the Landscape? 'If oil development goes ahead in Poole Harbour , then there is no nature conservation site in Britain which will be safe from oil development.'
Recently Dorset County
Council gave permission for British Petroleum to drill exploratory wells on one of the islands in Poole Harbour. Next year, they have to decide whether to allow full development of the oilfield. But conservationists and some Poole residents are demanding a public inquiry. Patricia Scotland chairs a discussion on the issues with an invited audience from Poole.
Engineering manager ALAN HITCHCOCK
Executive producer TONY LARYEA Research MIKE DICK
Outside broadcast director
STEVE CONNELLY
Producer ROBIN GUTCH