Dr. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will name those coastal authorities which still discharge sewage into the sea in an untreated condition, indicating which of them have plans for providing some form of treatment in the near future ;
(2) which local authorities at present discharging untreated sewage into the sea are using outfalls which discharge at, or not far below, the low water mark ; and what representations he has made to these authorities to encourage them to provide better facilities in the near fuure.
§ Mr. Graham PageAs such information as I have at present is incomplete and might therefore be misleading I have decided to ask coastal local authorities about their current methods of sewage disposal to the sea and I very much hope they will co-operate with the Department24W in supplying the necessary details. Where it has come to notice that pollution of beaches or bathing waters was being caused by a sea outfall, officers of my Department have encouraged local authorities to plan and carry out the necessary improvements.