§ Dr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those rivers which exceed the levels permitted under European Community directive 80/778/EEC for Dieldrin residues in waters intended for human consumption.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneThe standards laid down in European Community directive 80/778/EEC relate to drinking water78W and are not meant to be applied to river waters. There is, as yet, no Community agreed river water quality standard for Dieldrin in the series of daughter directives arising from the directive 76/464/EEC on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community.