§ 43. Mr. JannerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement about river pollution in Leicestershire.
§ Mr. HowardRiver water quality in Leicestershire is generally of a high standard with most rivers being of good582W or fair quality. Some stretches of river in the Soar catchment, at present not meeting their quality objectives, will be improved by 1992 as a result of planned capital expenditure by Severn-Trent water authority to improve unsatisfactory sewage treatment works.
§ 86. Mr. HagueTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when the system of open regulation of river pollution was introduced.
§ Mr. HowardSince 31 July 1985, the water authorities have kept public registers with details of applications for, and consents granted in respect of, discharges of effluent, both by the authorities themselves and by others. The registers also contain details of the results of the water authorities' sampling of effluent quality together with the results of their regular monitoring programmes for rivers and estuaries and coastal waters. The registers are kept in accordance with the Control of Pollution (Registers) Regulations 1985 and section 41 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974.