§ 75. Mr. EvennettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what processes he is proposing to be subject to local authority controls over air pollution.
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryMy hon. Friend the Minister for the Environment and Countryside tabled at the first Committee sitting on the Environmental Protection Bill on 23 January a draft list of processes proposed for local authority air pollution control. I have arranged for copies of the list to be place in the House Libraries.
Further revisions will be needed if any of the processes are instead scheduled for integrated pollution control because they generate significant quantities of special waste.
83. Mr. Robert G. HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total sum currently paid to local authorities in clean air grants.
§ Mr. TrippierClean air grant reimburses four sevenths of grants made by local authorities to private householders for the necessary conversion of heating and cooking appliances to smokeless fuel, and two fifths of the costs of this work in respect of public sector housing. In 1988–89 the total amount of clean air grant paid to local authorities was £1.3 million.