§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will bring forward legislation to establish a statutory register indicating the levels of industrial waste released into sewers through the conclusion of trade effluent consents/agreements between industrial companies and water authorities.
§ Mr. MacleanUnder the Water Industry Act 1991, details of consents for discharges to sewers issued by sewerage undertakers are available for public inspection. Under the arrangements for integrated pollution control of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, controlled releases will be subject to monitoring, upon which, as a condition of authorisation, data must be supplied to Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution, and placed on public registers.