HC Deb 02 December 1991 vol 200 c68W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when the exact details of the criteria used to designate United Kingdom coastal and estuarial waters will be made public; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Baldry

A consultation document on the criteria proposed for identifying sensitive areas under the urban Waste Water Treatment Directive and polluted waters under the Nitrate Directive will be issued in the new year.