§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what proportion of measured or estimated total airborne pollution deposited on the North sea arises from discharges from factories, power stations and farms in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryEmissions by source category of the major United Kingdom air pollutants will be published in the digest of environmental protection and water statistics, volume 12, at the end of March 1990, a copy of which will be placed in the Library of the House. Agricultural sources account for the majority of total reduced nitrogen emissions.
Modelling studies commissioned by my Department for oxides of nitrogen suggest that around 30 per cent. of United Kingdom emissions are deposited on the North sea.
§ Mr. McFallTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what further action he has taken on waste dumping in the North sea.
§ Mr. TrippierI refer the hon. Member to the answer of my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on 5 March to my hon. Friend the Member for Tynemouth (Mr. Trotter),Official Report, Vol. 168, column 489, and to my right hon. Friend's answer on 12 March to my hon. Friend the Member for Wyre (Mr. Mans) on the outcome of the Hague conference on 7 to 8 March, Official Report, Vol. 169, column 106.
§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement regarding talks at, and the outcome of, the North sea conference of Ministers held earlier this month.
§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the North sea conference held on 8 March.
§ Mr. TredinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what recent initiatives he has taken to reduce pollution in the North sea.
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryI refer the hon. Members to the reply given by my right hon. Friend on 12 March to my hon. Friend the Member for Wyre (Mr. Mans) on the outcome of the Hague conference on 7 to 8 March,Official Report, Vol. 169, column 106.