HC Deb 22 June 1988 vol 135 cc614-5W
69. Mr. Amess

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many New Town Commission houses and council houses have been sold in Basildon up to the present time.

Mrs. Roe

At 31 March 1988 11,083 new town houses and 1,685 council houses had been sold in Basildon.

Mr. Teddy Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what recent ad vice he has received from public water authorities about the current state of nitrate pollution of public water supplies; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Moynihan

Water authorities and water companies have advised me of 49 public water supplies currently containing nitrate which regularly exceeds a concentration of 50 milligrams per litre.