§ 108. Mr. AspinwallTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he intends to legislate to put control of all forms of pollution within the same statutory framework of regulations.
§ Mr. TrippierPollution control requires different forms of expertise. The Government will be bringing forward legislation to provide more effective frameworks for controlling pollution best dealt with at the local level, and new systems at the national level for controlling the most dangerous or difficult processes.
§ 116. Mr. BatisteTo ask the Secretary of State for he Environment if he will make a statement on the ways in which the concept of integrated pollution control will help to protect the environment.
§ Mr. TrippierIntegrated pollution control (IPC) adopts a preventative approach to pollution control. The most polluting substances will be prevented or minimised at source and all substances will be rendered harmless. IPC applies the concept of the "best available techniques not entailing excessive cost" which provides an inbuilt dynamic to higher standards as techniques and technology improve. IPC will seek to achieve the best practicable environmental option, taking account of the effects on the environment as a whole.
§ 122. Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what predictions can be made about the levels of pollution from internal combustion engines between the present time and 2010.
§ Mr. TrippierThe Department has asked Warren Spring laboratory to revise the projections of exhaust emissions from road transport previously published in 1987 to take account of the new emission regulations agreed this year and the full range of current traffic projections.