Written question asked by Michael Meacher (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 October 1996. It was answered by James Clappison (Conservative) on Monday, 14 October 1996 on behalf of the Department of the Environment.

Dept of the Environment

Question: Which bodies holding a discharge consent, other than sewage works, from the former National Rivers Authority or the Environment Agency, currently discharge pollutants under controlled permission to rivers and other water courses in England and Wales; and comment on the current status of compliance; and on how many occasions since the beginning of 1990 discharge consent conditions have applied to (a) effluent treatment plants and (b) other industrial or commercial operations have been contravened; and what action has been taken in each case to stop the pollution.

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