§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will issue a direction to the National Rivers Authority to conserve water in the Doncaster metropolitan borough council area by restricting the amounts extracted by individuals and businesses.
§ Mr. BaldryNo. It is for the National Rivers Authority to consider how best to safeguard water resources in the Doncaster area as elsewhere. I understand that the authority is already well aware of, and actively investigating solutions to, certain water resource problems in that area.