HC Deb 16 February 1972 vol 831 cc111-2W
104. Mr. Roy Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many prosecutions he has instituted as a result of the recent evidence of industrial pollution of various kinds in the Severnside area; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Eldon Griffiths

Responsibility for prosecutions under the Alkali Acts rests with the Government, and for other prosecutions with the local authorities, including the river authorities. I am advised that there have been no infringements of the Alkali Acts in the Severnside area. I am not aware of an intention in the past of a local authority to bring a prosecution.