That this House calls upon Her Majesty's Government to promote and undertake the fullest possible enquiries into the destruction of the ecological balance of Lake Bassenthwaite; believes that the lake is slowly dying; notes that a large number of people including environmentalists, anglers and other lake users are reporting large areas of the lake being contaminated by blue green anabaena algae arising from toxic reactions in the lake, causing skin irritation in humans and major damage to wildlife; notes the very constructive work carried out by the National Rivers Authority on the effect of such environmental damage and toxic reactions; notes that the National Rivers Authority has defined the lake as sensitive under the EEC directive and is seeking such designation of the lake from the DOE in discussions with the Commission; believes that the deposition of treated sewage in the lake in the form of water from the Bassenthwaite, Thornwaite, Keswick, Dubwath, Armathwaite Hall Hotel, and other hotel and caravan park treatment plants must somehow be connected with the lake's deteriorating ecological balance; and notes that the treatment plant effluent pipe from Armathwaite Hall, which runs into Bassenthwaite Lake, is accessible from a manhole cover on the roadside adjacent to the hotel and that foul smells of sewage due to pipework on occasions permeate the whole area surrounding the manhole cover often upsetting visitors.

That this House calls upon Her Majesty's Government to promote and undertake the fullest possible enquiries into the destruction of the ecological balance of Lake Bassenthwaite; believes that the lake is slowly dying; notes that a large number of people including environmentalists, anglers and other lake users are reporting large...

That this House notes that on the question of treated sewage flowing into Bassenthwaite Lake, National Rivers Authority officers have done invaluable work in monitoring these developments, including the monitoring of 12 major contributory flows carrying treated sewage effluent deposits into the lake; demands that more intensive work be carried out as a matter of urgency; notes that the National Rivers Authority and the North West Water Authority are commissioning the Institute of Fresh Water Ecology to carry out a nutrient balance analysis on the lake; believes that if the treated sewage streams are found to be over-contaminated with excessive amounts of nutrients, North West Water, a private company, with others, will be obliged to strip out the nutrients; believes that before the Department of the Environment and English Nature consider penalising anglers and other lake users by designating the lake a National Nature Reserve, decisions will have to be taken to restore the ecological balance in the lake; and believes that major deterioration has happened over the last three years with the destruction of fish stock numbers and reports of damaged fish.

That this House notes that on the question of treated sewage flowing into Bassenthwaite Lake, National Rivers Authority officers have done invaluable work in monitoring these developments, including the monitoring of 12 major contributory flows carrying treated sewage effluent deposits into the lake; demands that more intensive work be carried...