Mr. Jacksonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he is yet in a position to respond to the Tenth Report of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinWe have published our response today. Copies have been placed in the Library of the House.
The response is in two parts: part I is a brief statement of the principles which govern our approach to environmental protection policy; part II sets out in full our response to each of the Royal Commission's detailed recommendations, which covered a wide range of pollution control issues.
The Government are grateful to Professor Sir Richard Southwood and his colleagues for the hard work and careful analysis which they devoted to the production of the Tenth Report.