§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each water authority the number of pollution incidents and the number of sewage works which breached their discharge consents in 1987–88.
§ Mr. RidleyThe number of water pollution incidents reported by English water authorities in 1987 were:
Number Anglian 1,605 Northumbrian 671 North West 2,961 Severn Trent 4,435 Southern 1,795 South West 2,251 Thames 2,969 Wessex 1,339 Yorkshire 2,738