HC Deb 20 March 1989 vol 149 c422W
Mr. John Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what will be the cost of bringing beaches in north-west England up to EEC standards; and from what date he expects the standards to be met.

Mr. Moynihan

The Department has asked the North West water authority to draw up a capital expenditure programme with the aim of bringing those bathing waters identified under the EEC bathing water directive up to the directive's standards by 1995.