§ Mr. BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list by region the sites of special scientific interest which have been damaged by falling water table levels in the last 12 months; and which water companies abstract water in each local area. [47345]
§ Angela EagleThe Environment Agency published in May 1998 a submission to Government entitledA Price Worth Paying, which is in the Library of the House. Annex 1 of that document lists sites of special scientific interest which the Agency, in consultation with English Nature and the Countryside Council for Wales, considers to be affected by water company abstractions. The listing gives the name of the site, together with the county and the Environment Agency region in which it is situated. In most cases, the water company concerned can be identified from that information, but the Agency region can provide further details in cases of doubt.