To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what measures are being taken to ensure that the bathing beaches at Kimnel bay and Rhyl comply with the mandatory coliform standards as laid down by the EC; and when they are expected to meet these standards.

As part of its major investment programme, Dwr Cymru is constructing a long sea outfall and a new sewage treatment works in the area which, on completion in 1995, should ensure compliance of the bathing waters at Kimnel bay and Rhyl with the mandatory bacteriological standards of the EC bathing waters directive.