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Mr. Terry Lewis
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has to introduce further environmental quality standards for the discharges of dangerous substances into controlled waters. [11852]
Mr. Meacher
A consultation paper proposing environmental quality standards for 13 dangerous substances, as defined in directive 76/464/EEC on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances
| Percentage of owner-occupied dwellings: End December: By standard statistical region in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom | |||||||||
| Region/Country | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 |
| North | 46.0 | 46.9 | 47.7 | 49.8 | 51.1 | 52.0 | 53.0 | 54.0 | 55.2 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 54.6 | 56.0 | 56.4 | 57.8 | 58.6 | 59.2 | 60.0 | 60.9 | 61.9 |
| East Midlands | 57.3 | 59.0 | 59.8 | 61.3 | 62.4 | 63.1 | 64.0 | 65.0 | 66.1 |
| East Anglia | 57.9 | 58.2 | 58.8 | 60.1 | 61.1 | 62.1 | 63.2 | 64.4 | 65.7 |
| Greater London | 48.5 | 49.5 | 49.8 | 50.7 | 51.5 | 52.2 | 53.0 | 54.0 | 54.9 |
| South East (excluding London) | 62.2 | 63.8 | 64.5 | 65.6 | 66.6 | 67.6 | 68.5 | 69.5 | 70.7 |
| South West | 63.2 | 63.2 | 63.9 | 65.0 | 65.9 | 66.6 | 67.5 | 68.4 | 69.6 |
| West Midlands | 55.8 | 57.0 | 57.4 | 58.8 | 59.9 | 60.8 | 61.5 | 62.3 | 63.4 |
| North West | 58.6 | 59.3 | 59.8 | 61.0 | 61.9 | 62.4 | 63.0 | 63.8 | 64.5 |
| England | 56.6 | 57.7 | 58.2 | 59.5 | 60.5 | 61.3 | 62.2 | 63.2 | 64.3 |
| Wales | 59.3 | 59.5 | 62.6 | 64.2 | 65.2 | 66.0 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 67.8 |
| Scotland | 35.3 | 35.6 | 36.4 | 37.7 | 39.1 | 40.5 | 41.8 | 43.1 | 44.6 |
| Northern Ireland | 51.9 | 52.7 | 54.0 | 55.3 | 56.8 | 57.8 | 59.9 | 60.7 | 62.1 |
| United Kingdom | 54.7 | 55.4 | 56.4 | 57.7 | 58.7 | 59.6 | 60.5 | 61.5 | 62.6 |
| Region/Country | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 |
| North | 56.5 | 58.0 | 60.0 | 60.4 | 60.6 | 60.8 | 61.2 | 61.3 | 61.5 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 63.2 | 64.5 | 65.2 | 65.3 | 65.3 | 65.3 | 65.4 | 65.3 | 65.5 |
| East Midlands | 67.5 | 68.7 | 70.0 | 70.1 | 70.2 | 70.2 | 70.4 | 70.4 | 70.6 |
| East Anglia | 67.3 | 68.0 | 68.2 | 68.3 | 68.4 | 68.6 | 68.9 | 68.8 | 69.0 |
| Greater London | 55.9 | 56.8 | 57.4 | 57.3 | 57.2 | 57.2 | 57.3 | 57.0 | 57.0 |
discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community, was issued by my Department in March. It is planned to bring regulations containing these standards before the House shortly. In addition, I have today placed in the Library of the House a consultation paper proposing standards for a further 21 dangerous substances. These substances are:
- 4-chloro3–-methyl-phenol
- 2-chlorophenol
- 2,4-dichlorophenol
- 2,4 D (ester and non ester)
- 1,1,1-trichloroethane
- 1,1,2-trichloroethane
- bentazone
- benzene
- biphenyl
- chloronitrotoluenes
- demeton
- dimethoate
- linuron
- MCPA
- mecoprop
- mevinphos
- naphthalene
- omethoate
- toluene
- triazaphos
- and xylene