§ 51. Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what action he intends to take to ensure that Scotland's bathing waters conform to standards set by European Economic Community directives.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonI refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Dumfries (Sir H. Monro) on 13 April 1989, at columns682–83, and in particular to the paper placed in 184W the Library on that day which sets out the results of monitoring in 1988 and the plans to improve bathing waters where necessary.