HC Deb 05 April 1990 vol 170 cc721-2W
Mr. Cryer

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the amount of atmospheric pollutants produced by(a) electric traction for railways and (b) diesel traction; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Portillo

Figures on atmospheric pollution directly attributable to United Kingdom railways are available in the 1989 digest of environmental protection and water statistics, a copy of which is in the Library.