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Whether they will request the appropriate European Commissioner to take action against the discharge of raw sewage from Brussels into the River Meuse [HL 5269].

Asked by

Lord Pearson of Rannoch (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 November 2003

Reference

654 c171WA; HL 5269

House

House of Lords

2R, Programme motion, Money res* and Ways and means res*:Water Bill (HL) 2002/03

Water Bill (HL). Second reading debate. Amendment negatived on division (136 to 356). Main question agreed to on question and Bill committed to a Standing Committee. Programme motion on proceedings in committee, on report and third reading agreed to on division (350 to 135). Money resolution agreed to on question...

Lead member

Elliot Morley

Answering member

David Lidington

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Debates on bills

Date

8 September 2003

Reference

410 c56-136

House

House of Commons

Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

SI 2003/1788. (Negative instrument). Coming into force 11 August 2003.

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

16 July 2003

Reference

SI 2003/1788

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Water Bill (HL) 2002/03

Water Bill (HL). Lords Report stage first day. Lords motion on the Report and that the Bill will be recommitted for a Government amendment on fluoridation. Agreed to on question.

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Debates on bills

Date

12 June 2003

Reference

649 c343-78,399-449

House

House of Lords

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the incidence of eutrophication in rivers. - Inc ref to 387 c1005-6W, 27 June 2003.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 March 2003

Reference

104545; 402 c477-8W

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on Northern Ireland's compliance with the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive. - Including figures.

Asked by

Lady Hermon (Ulster Unionist Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 February 2003

For answer on

24 February 2003

Answered on

24 February 2003

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on Northern Ireland's compliance with the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive. [98336] Angela Smith: The number of works complying with the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive in Northern Ireland for the years 1999 to 2001 is: 1999--8 out of a total of 15 complied--which gives a compliance rate of 53 per cent. 2000--8 out of a total of 15 complied--which gives a compliance rate of 53 per cent. 2001--13 out of a total of 37 complied--which gives a compliance rate of 35 per cent. The apparent fall in the rate of compliance between 2000 and 2001 reflects the phased introduction of targets under the UWWT Directive bringing more waste-water treatment works within its scope. For the year 2002, a total of 35 works have been assessed with the results still needing to be confirmed. However, the initial indication is that compliance is in the region of 50 per cent.-- similar to 1999 and 2000. There is a legacy of under-funding of Northern Ireland's infrastructure. However, the upgrading of Northern Ireland's water and sewerage services to meet EU regulations is a high priority. Over £250 million will be invested on the waste-water infrastructure over the next three years. This increased level of investment has been made possible by the allocation of an additional £180 million for the wider water and sewerage services over the next three years, as was announced in the Budget statement in December 2002. In addition, DRD is actively considering with the Strategic Investment Board the potential for delivering a sizeable Public Private Partnership (PPP) programme which could include a number of wastewater treatment works, as part of the Strategic Investment Programme. This major increase in investment will deliver significant progress towards fall compliance with the Directive.

Date

24 February 2003

Reference

98336; 400 c231-2W;400 c229W

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will reintroduce the moratorium on planning applications for developments that would (a) cause and (b) be likely to cause a breach of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.

Asked by

Lady Hermon (Ulster Unionist Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 February 2003

For answer on

24 February 2003

Answered on

24 February 2003

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will reintroduce the moratorium on planning applications for developments that would (a) cause and (b) be likely to cause a breach of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive. [98337] Angela Smith: Last year planning applications in a number of areas in Northern Ireland were held on a temporary basis, as a precautionary measure, as a result of concerns expressed by the Department of the Environment's Environment and Heritage Service about the environmental compliance and pollution implications of further development. There was no moratorium on the determination of planning applications. Discussions took place between Environment and Heritage Service, Planning Service and Water Service and, as a result, Environment and Heritage Service and Water Service agreed an expanded and reprioritised Capital Works Programme to carry out the improvement works to the sewage treatment and sewerage systems necessary in order to ensure compliance with EU Directives and national standards. On the basis of the agreed programme, the Executive Committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly decided that planning applications that had been held on a precautionary basis and future planning applications in the locations affected would be processed to a conclusion. Dermot Nesbitt MLA announced the Executive Committee's decision in a statement to the Northern Ireland Assembly on 7 October 2002. It was agreed that the Department of the Environment and the Department for Regional Development would monitor the implementation of the capital works programme and compliance with the relevant environmental standards in order to allow the agreed approach to be reviewed, if necessary. There are no grounds for altering the policy approach agreed by the Executive Committee at this stage.

Date

24 February 2003

Reference

98337; 400 c232W;400 c229-30W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if her Department will arrange for an early release of documents held by the Public Record Office, originated by the then Department of the Environment and the Department of Trade and Industry, relating to the Lowermoor Water Poisoning Incident of July 1988....

Asked by

Lord Tyler (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 January 2003

Reference

90032; 398 c799-800W;398 c797-8W

House

House of Commons

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