§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will make it his policy to propose legislation under which all shareholders would be made aware of the amount of waste discharged by companies into the rivers and sea.
§ Mr. RedwoodNo. It would be unreasonably burdensome to require companies to provide such information. Companies are best placed to decide, in the light of their individual circumstances, whether this information is likely to be of interest to their shareholders and other users of their reports and accounts.