HC Deb 16 May 1994 vol 243 c374W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 30 March,Official Report, columns 854–55, which of the member states of the Environment Council did not support the United Kingdom proposals on integrated pollution prevention and control.

Mr. Atkins

No member state expressed opposition to the development of legislation on integrated pollution prevention and control and Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Spain expressed general support for the approach adopted. The environment working group were asked to take forward work on the details of the proposals as quickly as possible.