§ Earl Peelasked Her Majesty's Government:
What results, if any, are available from the trials being carried out by the Environment Agency in order to develop its surface water abstraction licensing policy, and, if none, when such results will be available and whether they will be made public.
Earl FerrersThe Environment Agency is, during 1996–97, conducting trials of a methodology which could support a surface water abstraction licensing policy. Results from the trials are expected in the course of 1997 and will be made available to interested parties on request.