§ Mr. OnslowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will ask the National Rivers Authority to undertake an urgent review of the effect of licensed abstraction on rivers in England and Wales.
§ Mr. HowardIt will be for the NRA, as an independent body, to decide how best to order its priorities in carrying out its functions under the Water Act 1989. I have, however, drawn my right hon. Friend's question to the authority's attention.