§ Mr. Bill WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he intends to issue a consultation paper on the implementation of the urban waste treatment directive and the nitrates directive.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonWe have today issued a Scottish consultation paper outlining the Government's proposals for the criteria and procedures to be used to identify sensitive areas and less sensitive areas in terms of the urban waste water treatment directive and "polluted waters" in terms of the nitrates directive. A copy has been placed in the Library of the House.
Similar papers are being issued for England and Wales and for Northern Ireland.