HC Deb 21 March 1990 vol 169 c682W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list the designated bathing beaches in Yorkshire and Humberside;

(2) if he will list the designated bathing beaches in Yorkshire and Humberside that breached the European Community mandatory standards for sewage bacteria on at least one sample for the years (a) 1987, (b) 1988 and (c) 1989;

(3) if he will' list the designated bathing beaches in Yorkshire and Humberside that have failed the European Community guidelines for sewage bacteria on at least one sample for the years (a) 1987, (b) 1988 and (c) 1989;

(4) if he will list, by year since 1987. for the designated bathing beaches of Yorkshire and Humberside (a) the dates, (b) the locations and (c) the results of routine sampling carried out; and if he will show in his answer where the results obtained breached (i) European Community guidelines and (ii) European Community mandatory standards.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

The information required for the identified bathing waters of Yorkshire and Humberside is to be found in the reports of the bathing waters surveys for the appropriate years which have been placed in the Library,Official Report, 5 May 1988, column 571; 21 February 1989, column 572; 25 January 1990, column 785.