HL Deb 18 March 1998 vol 587 cc197-8WA
Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the answer by the Lord Carter on 28 January (H.L. Deb., col. 223), under which legislative powers the Environment Agency can make by-laws to protect stocks of salmon and sea trout. [HL992]

Lord Donoughue

The Environment Agency has powers under Section 210 and Schedule 25 to the Water Resources Act 1991 to make by-laws regulating fishing for salmon and sea trout.