§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list where, in offshore areas of Wales, the dumping takes place of(a) sewage sludge, (b) fly ash and (c) industrial wastes; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GristSewage sludge is dumped in Liverpool bay and in two sites in the Bristol channel (one of which is used in bad weather only). No fly ash or industrial wastes are currently dumped in offshore areas of Wales.
My right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food announced on 5 March that the Government intended that all dumping at sea of sewage sludge would end by 1998.