§ Mr. RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the companies that have been prosecuted for illegally discharging sewage and industrial waste into the River Mersey in each of the last 20 years and the number of times each such company has been prosecuted. [140481]
§ Mr. Mullin[holding answer 27 November 2000]: I will write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Libraries of the House.