§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what consultations he has had with(a) the chairman of the National Rivers Authority, Wales and (b) other relevant environmental protection bodies as regards the designation of the Severn estuary west of the Severn bridge as a coastal water within the meaning of the European Union municipal waste water treatment directive. [10658]
§ Mr. HagueI refer the hon. Member to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Surbiton (Mr. Tracey) on 18 May 1994,Official Report, columns 511–12, by the then Minister of State for the Environment and Countryside.