Water Framework Directive

Mr. Lidington
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will place in the Library a copy of the conclusions of the second stage study carried out by the Rivers Agency into the implications of the EC Water Framework Directive.

David Cairns
No. The second stage study into implications of the Water Framework Directive was intended to provide an internal management report to inform the Rivers Agency Management Board of the implementation issues for the Agency. I have no plans to place it in the Library.