HC Deb 28 January 1994 vol 236 c444W
Mr. Chris Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which laboratories of the National Rivers Authority are scheduled for(a) market testing and (b) closure.

Mr. Atkins

The market testing and closure of its laboratories is primarily a management matter for the National Rivers Authority, which advises me that:

  1. (a) all NRA's 11 chemical laboratories were subject to an internal review of cost-effectiveness and efficiency; and
  2. (b) as a result, the NRA laboratories at Caernarfon Carlisle, Peterborough, Warrington and Washington have been closed and the work transferred to the NRA laboratories at Exeter, Leeds, Llanelli, Nottingham, Reading and Waterlooville.