§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what guidance his Department has given recently to local authorities about monitoring the quality standards of public bathing beaches set by the EEC.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe survey announced by my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol, West (Mr. Walde grave) on 18 December 1985, at column 223, will be carried out by water authorities in consultation with local authorities. Our officials wrote to water authorities on 18 December 1985 and on 31 January 1986 setting out the practical details of the survey and stressing that water quality was to be assessed against the standards set in the EEC "bathing water" directive (76/160/EEC).
§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to publish his Department's proposed study of the quality of bathing beaches in England and Wales.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe survey will be completed in the autumn of 1987 and a report will then be prepared for publication.