§ 46. Mr. Simeonsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what agreement was reached at Stockholm in matters of pollution control that would require those countries which so far had been gaining a competitive advantage through absence of effluent treatment costs to raise their standards.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerI will place in the Library the provisional text of the action programme adopted by the Conference and I would refer my hon. Friend to the recommendations in the text, which should lead towards higher standards of industrial pollution control and will write to my hon. Friend about the specific recommendations referred to in his Question.