§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 17 January to the hon. Member for Cornwall, North (Mr. Neale),Official Report, column 147, on which date he wrote to the South West water authority informing it that an emergency derogation under article 10 of the EC drinking water directive (80/778/EEC) would not be appropriate.
§ Mr. RidleyNo letter was sent to the South West water authority to inform it that an article 10 derogation would not be appropriate. On 24 October 1988 my Department wrote to the authority agreeing to its withdrawal of its application for a derogation.