HC Deb 04 November 1970 vol 805 c363W
Mr. Marks

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what increased public expenditure he anticipates in 1971–72 in dealing with pollution of the environment.

Mr. Peter Walker

There will be a substantial increase in expenditure of this character by Government Departments, local authorities and nationalised industry. It would involve disproportionate effort to identify this expenditure, and in many instances the figures are not yet finally determined.

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