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Tay RPB

St. Andrews, East and West

Arbroath

Carnoustie

Montrose

Monifieth

Broughty Ferry

Kinshaldy (Tentsmuir)

Cambo (Kingsbarns)

Lunan Bay

Balcomie Links (Crail)

St. Cyrus

Forth RPB

Gosford Sands

Kinghorn (Pettycur)

Gullane Bay

Aberdour (Silver sands)

North Berwick

Elie/Earlsferry

Yellowcraigs

Crail (Roome Bay)

Portobello

Whitesands Bay

Largo Bay

Tweed RPB

Pease Bay

St. Abbs/Coldingham

Eyemouth

Solway RBP

Sandyhills

Mossyard and Cardoness

Brighouse Bay

Carrick and Sandgreen

Killantringan Bay

Ardwell Bay

Port Logan Bay

Monrieth Bay

Luce Bay Sands

Southerness

Clyde RPB

Ayr (South,

Prestwick

Largs (North)

Troon (South)

Maidens

Barassie

Troon (North)

Irvine/Gailes

Girvan

Lunderston Bay

Largs (South)

Croy

Saltcoats

Milport

Helensburgh

Doonfoot

Rothesay

Stevenston

Butlins (Ayr)

Brodick

Ganavan (Oban)

Seamill--West Kilbride

Fairlie

Machrihanish

Dunure

Portenvoss

Turnberry

The list of waters which were subsequently identified for the purposes of the bathing waters directive is as follows :

Nairn (East Bench)

Cullen

Fraserburgh

Aberdeen

Montrose

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Arbroath

Carnoustie

St. Andrews (West Sands)

Kinghorn (Pettycur)

Aberdour (Silversands)

Gullane

Yellowcraigs

North Berwick (Milsey Bay)

Dunbar (Belhaven Bay)

Pease Bay

Sandyhills

Girvan

Turnberry

Ayr (South Beach)

Prestwick

Troon (South Beach)

Irvine/Gailes (New Town)

Saltcoats/Ardrossan (South Beach)

Mr. Andrew Welsh : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to ensure that non-designated bathing beaches are monitored regularly and conform to the coliform bacteria standards of the European Community bathing water directive applied to designated bathing beaches.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : My right hon. and learned Friend is responsible for implementation of the bathing waters directive in Scotland (76/160/EEC) and therefore for ensuring that Scottish waters identified in terms of the directive are monitored regularly. Monitoring of non- identified waters is carried out by the river purification authorities as part of their statutory responsibilities to control aquatic pollution. Such monitoring is generally in line with that required by the directive for identified waters. Results of monitoring are published in the annual reports of the river purification boards, copies of which are in the Library.

Mr. Andrew Welsh : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of designated bathing beaches in Scotland which met the recommended guideline standards as well as the minimum mandatory standards for coliform bacteria set by the European Community bathing water directive.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : In 1989, Cullen and Pease bay met the guideline (G) and mandatory (I) quality requirements specified in the bathing waters directive (76/160/EEC) for total coliforms. Pease bay met the G and I quality requirements for faecal coliforms.

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Mr. Andrew Welsh : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when his Department informed the European Commission of the results of the monitoring carried out by river purification boards in 1989 which showed the number of bathing waters which conformed to the mandatory standards for coliform bacteria set by the European Community bathing water directive.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Scotland's bathing water monitoring results for 1989 were reported to the European Commission by the office of the United Kingdom permanent representative to the European Communities on 8 February 1990, along with the results for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Mr. Andrew Welsh : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what criteria are applied in deciding which bathing beaches are designated ; and if he will make a statement ;

(2) if he has any plans to extend the number of designated bathing beaches in Scotland ; and if he will make a statement.

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