§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy to bring forward proposals for statutory annual reports and audits on water resources management in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. MacleanNo. The present arrangements are adequate. They require the National Rivers Authority, among other things, to prepare annual reports on its activities, including its duty to conserve, and secure the proper use of, water resources; and to publish information from which assessments can be made of the actual and prospective demand for water and of actual and prospective water resources.