§ Mr. Harry BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list firms that have been(a) advised on pollution control and (b) prosecuted for discharging pollution into the River Rother by the National Rivers Authority, Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution or their predecessors since 1979.
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryDetailed information about advice given to firms on pollution control, and about688W prosecutions for water pollution offences, is not held centrally. For information on prosecutions for pollution of the River Rother brought by the former Yorkshire water authority, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Don Valley (Mr. Redmond) on 18 January 1990, at columns 360–62. I have asked the National Rivers Authority to write to the hon. Member about prosecutions it has brought since its formation.