Question reference: S3W-02511
- Asked by: Angela Constance, MSP for Livingston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 26 July 2007
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Current status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 15 August 2007
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to introduce legislation to strengthen the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s powers to investigate companies that knowingly pollute and contaminate the environment.
Answer
The Scottish Executiveis not aware of any problems with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s existingpowers to investigate operators who may be polluting the environment. There are,therefore, no plans to introduce any additional legislation.