§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what efforts are currently undertaken by his Department to monitor air quality on a continuous basis around opencast coal mining sites; which sites have been selected for such air monitoring; and if he will make it his policy to make such monitoring data available to the general public.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe position on air monitoring around opencast coal-mining sites is described in paragraphs 12 and 13 of the Government's response to the second report of the Welsh Affairs Committee, Session 1990–91 "The Future of Opencast Coalmining in Wales", Cm 1652, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.