§ 14. Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he is satisfied with the progress being made in the removal of pollution from beaches and bays of the Principality.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe Welsh water authority has a programme of works in hand to reduce pollution. The position in the Swansea Bay area has been particularly closely monitored since 1974, and there is no evidence of any significant change since then. Nevertheless, the timing of discharges from the Mumbles sewage outfall has already been improved, and some £1.2 million of further work will start next year.
§ Dr. ThomasWould the Minister care to tell us how many years it will be before Swansea Bay has the hygiene standards and disease reputation of the Bay of Naples?
§ Mr. RobertsI have just told the hon. Gentleman of the improvements that we have in mind and, as I know the Bay of Naples, I can tell him that Swansea Bay will never be as bad as the Bay of Naples.