§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list those sewage treatment works in Scotland that discharged effluent below the required standard during 1988;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report the number of recorded incidents of river pollution, the number of related prosecutions and the number of convictions in Scotland in each of the last 10 years.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is not held centrally in the form requested. In Scotland river purification authorities are responsible for water pollution control. The information sought on compliance, pollution incidents and prosecutions is generally available in the annual reports of river purification boards which are lodged in the Library.