§ Mr. HardyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the number of illegal discharges into rivers and streams of silage effluent and other toxic wastes from farms in each water authority area during 1987; and if he will state the number of prosecutions for such offences in each area during that year.
§ Mr. MoynihanFinal figures are not yet available, but full details of water pollution incidents caused by farm wastes and of prosecutions by water authorities during 1987, will be published in the next few weeks jointly by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Water Authorities' Association.