§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he intends to allow private industry to self regulate pollution control methods; how he would monitor such voluntary actions; and whether he will consider the application of stricter legislative controls on environmentally hazardous emissions.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyLegislative controls over hazardous emissions already exist. Where monitoring is undertaken by industry as part of the control system, it is policed by the pollution control authority. Proposals currently being developed on an integrated system for controlling industrial pollution will make this framework more efficient and effective.