§ Mr. John GarrettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list in theOfficial Report the names and locations of all United Kingdom beaches which in 1988 failed to comply with the EEC bathing water directive 76/160 for enteroviruses and salmonella;
(2) if he will list in the Official Report, all United Kingdom beaches which were tested in 1988 for compliance with the EEC bathing water directive 76/160 for enteroviruses and salmonella.
§ Mr. HowardI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 18 May at column265.
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§ Mr. SpellerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many sources of pollution into the Bristol channel he can identify; and if he will set a target date of 1 January 1993 for the adjacent beaches to meet European Community bathing water standards.
§ Mr. Howard[holding answer 25 May 1989]: This information is not held centrally in the Department but information on consented discharges is available on the public registers held by water authorities. We are currently discussing with water authorities, programmes for improving bathing waters; however, individual schemes necessarily take up a number of years from initial feasibility studies to completion, and may involve major engineering work. Consequently, I am unable to set a target date of 1 January for all the waters along the Bristol channel to meet EC standards.