§ Mrs. DeanTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will quantify the financial impact on crematoria of introducing gas cleaning systems to all crematoria; and whether the principle of polluter pays will be adhered to. [151304]
§ Alun MichaelIn reply to the point on financial impact, I refer my hon. Friend to the answer of 17 November 2003,Official Report, column 623W, by the Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Exeter (Mr. Bradshaw).
In line with the Polluter Pays Principle there are no funding packages linked to the Local Authority Pollution Control regime.