HC Deb 19 June 1978 vol 952 cc73-4W
Mr. Madden

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to reply to the main recommendations of the working party, established in 1977 to examine water and trade effluent charges in Yorkshire; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Denis Howell

The report, which I commissioned jointly with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Industry, deals comprehensively with the impact of water and trade effluent charges on the wool textile industry. My right hon. Friend and I received copies of the report on 24th May 1978; we shall be responding to it when we have had time to study its implications properly.