§ Mr. Sydney Irvingasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will take all possible steps to ensure that quality objectives rather than uniform standards are applied when the draft EEC directive on the reduction of water pollution caused by pulp mills in member States is considered by the Council of Ministers at their December meeting.
§ Mr. Denis HowellThe United Kingdom has consistently sought to ensure that all EEC measures on water pollution control are based on quality objectives rather than uniform standards for discharges and will continue to do so.