Bathing Beaches (Hansard, 14 June 1994)

HC Deb 14 June 1994 vol 244 cc343-4W 343W

§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which bathing beaches fail environmental standards because of seagulls.

BM Scotland BM Manchester BM SouthEast BM South and West BM Noreast

Number of redundancies 210 217 320 203 335

Of these:

Total number made redundant by purchasers 0 10 3 3 5

Cost of redundancies £ million 8.6 8.8 12.6 8.2 16.0

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§ Mr. Atkins
No bathing waters are considered to fail the bacteriological standards of the bathing water directive consistently because of seagulls. However, as the tests under the directive do not distinguish between human and other sources of faecal pollution it is possible that contamination by mammals and birds will contribute to occasional failures.

	BM Scotland	BM Manchester	BM SouthEast	BM South and West	BM Noreast
Number of redundancies	210	217	320	203	335
Of these:
Total number made redundant by purchasers	0	10	3	3	5
Cost of redundancies £ million	8.6	8.8	12.6	8.2	16.0