§ Mr. SpellerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy to refuse permission to water authorities or water companies to construct or maintain long sea outfalls delivering raw sewage into the Bristol channel; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. HowardApplications for consent to discharge sewage into the Bristol channel are matters in the first instance for the National Rivers Authority. Each application will be considered on its own merits.