HC Deb 25 June 1990 vol 175 cc7-8W
Mr. John D. Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proposals he has to separate control of rivers and foul sewage disposal.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

The control of river pollution and foul sewage disposal are already separated in the sense that the functions are carried out by separate directorates within the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. We have not proposed at present to alter that system.