§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the answer of 24 March by the Secretary of State for the Environment to the hon. Member for Halesowen and Stourbridge (Mr. Hawksley),Official Report, column 633–34 on the creation of registers of potentially contaminated land under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, how he will update table 1.48 on potentially contaminated sites by district in the Environmental Digest for Wales 1992.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe information in table 1.48 of the Environmental Digest for Wales 1992 is based on a survey of potentially contaminated land undertaken in 1988 on behalf of the Welsh Office. The survey information continues to provide a helpful guide to local authorities in undertaking their statutory duty to identify and tackle sites which pose a public health or environmental hazard; and the need to update it will be kept under review.