§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on his policy on pollution control; and if he will make it his policy that the polluters should pay for the costs of pollution.
§ Mr. WaldegraveIt is Government policy to operate effective pollution control because we recognise the need (i) to prevent damage to the ecological systems on which our lives depend, (ii) to improve the quality of our environment, and (iii) to dispose of wastes of all kinds in acceptable ways. This approach has for many years incorporated the polluter pays principle.