§ Mr. Onslowasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list, by water authority, the number of cases of river pollution resulting from farm silage effluent that were reported by his Department's farm waste unit in each of the years 1980 to 1984.
§ Mrs. FennerThe number of pollution incidents resulting from farm silage effluent reported by each water authority in England and Wales to my Department's farm waste unit in each of the years 1980 to 1984 were—
Water Authority 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Anglian 21 22 12 13 32 Northumbrian 22 2 3 14 15 North-West 178 292 65 145 121 Severn Trent 76 57 43 122 117 Southern 8 21 17 22 38 South-West 14 41 23 83 56 Thames 19 22 32 56 44 Welsh 6 31 15 75 74 Wessex 12 48 145 25 46 Yorkshire 20 41 18 20 30 TOTAL 376 577 373 575 573
§ Mr. Onslowasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many cases of river pollution resulting from fish farming operations have been reported to his Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. GummerNo specific cases of river pollution resulting from fish farming operations have been reported to my Department.