§ Mr. McKelveyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment which parts of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 remain to be implemented; and how much he estimates each will cost.
§ Mr. Giles ShawOn the outstanding provisions of part I of the Act, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Basildon (Mr. Proctor) on 10 December last.—[Vol. 14, c. 484.] A reliable assessment of the costs involved in implementing these provisions must await the completion of waste disposal plans and the conclusion of consultations with the local authority associations.
On the outstanding provisions of part II of the Act, the programme for implementation that I announced on 15 February, in answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Reading, North (Mr. Durant) is intended to keep costs to a minumum for both private and public sectors.—[Vol. 18, c. 36–37.] But actual costs will largely depend on the phasing in of the controls and how they are operated by water and river purification authorities.