HC Deb 24 March 1993 vol 221 c630W
Mr. Dafis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy to set a timetable for phasing out discharges of organochlorines in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Maclean

No. The system of controls under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the Water Industry Act 1991 and the Water Resources Act 1991 provides a comprehensive means of controlling the discharge of organochlorines to sewers and rivers.

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