HC Deb 11 July 1984 vol 63 c552W
16. Mr. Eastham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment to what extent the Government's initiative on the cleaning up of the Mersey will affect the upper reaches of the Manchester ship canal.

Mr. Gow

The initiative covers all the watercourses of the Mersey system, including the Manchester ship canal. The clean-up campaign will combine long-term water quality improvements with a wide range of new uses on, and alongside, the watercourses.