§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the reports and recommendations made since its inception by the Royal Commission on environmental pollution; what were the subjects of these reports and recommendations; and which of the recommendations have been implemented.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution has produced eight reports to date. I understand that its ninth report, on lead, is to be published on 18 April. The titles so far are as follows:
Title Date 1st report First Report February 1971 (Cmnd. 4585) 2nd report Three Issues in Industrial Pollution March 1972 (Cmnd. 4894) 3rd report Pollution in some British Estuaries and Coastal Waters September 1972 (Cmnd. 5054) 4th report Pollution Control: Progress and Problems December 1974 (Cmnd. 5780) 5th report Air Pollution Control: An Integrated Approach January 1976 (Cmnd. 6731) 6th report Nuclear Power and the Environment September 1976 (Cmnd. 6618) 7th report Agriculture and Pollution September 1979 (Cmnd. 7644) 8th report Oil Pollution of the Sea October 1981 (Cmnd. 8358) The reports have included a total of nearly 300 recommendations. The Government's responses have been set out in the following documents:
Title Date Reports 1–4 Controlling Pollution: Pollution Paper No. 4 HMSO (1975) 5th report Air Pollution Control: Pollution Paper No. 18 HMSO (1982) 6th report Nuclear Power and the Environment Cmnd. 6820 (1977) Responses to the seventh and eighth reports are in an advanced state of preparation.