§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table to show how many cases of pollution of rivers and lakes were known to him in each of the last three years; how many in each year resulted in fish kill; and how many of these cases were the result of pollution by(a) the Department of the Environment and (b) the Department of Agriculture.
§ Mr. Peter Bottomley[holding answer 19 April 1990]: The number of pollution incidents investigated on behalf of the Department of the Environment by the Fisheries
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