§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he will lay before Parliament a report under section 8B of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act ; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir George Young:My right hon. Friend is considering the replies to the consultation paper on the implementation of section 6 of the Disabled Persons Act 1981. After that, we shall be in a position to consider the timing and content of the report required under section 7 of that Act.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to make a decision on the implementation of section 6 of the Disabled Persons Act 1981; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir George Young:My right hon. Friend hopes to make an announcement soon.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many of the organisations that have responded to the consultative letter on the implementation of section 6 of the Disabled Persons Act 1981 opposed the Department's proposal that the "prescribed body" be the Building Regulations Advisory Committee.
§ Sir George Young:Thirty-two.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the organisations that have replied to the consultation letter on the implementation of section 6 of the Disabled Persons Act 1981.
§ Sir George Young:My Department received comments from the following:
- Access Co-ordinator for the Disabled in Bolton
- Access for the disabled—Leeds Metropolitan District
- Association of District Councils
- Associations of Ballrooms Ltd.
- Association of Bournemouth Organisations for the Disabled
- Association of British Theatre Technicians
- Association of Consulting Engineers
- Association of Independent Businesses
- Association of Independent Cinemas
- Association of Metropolitan Authorities
- Association of Retail Distributors
- Basildon Development Corporation
- Beecham Products
- Bexley Access Group
- Birmingham Co-ordinating Committee for the Welfare of the Handicapped
- Borough of Haringey
- Borough of Hove
- Borough of Sunderland
- Council for the Disabled
- Brentwood Access Group
- Brewers' Society
- British Airports Authority
- British Automatic Sprinkler Association
- British Bingo Association
- British Ceramic Research Association
- British Concrete Masonry Association
- British Gas Corporation
- British Multiple Retailers' Association
- British Parking Association
- British Polio Fellowship
- British Railways Board
- British Standards Institution
- Building Services Research and Information Association
- Mr. D. I. Cathcart
- Central Electricity Generating Board
- Central Lancashire Association for the Disabled
- Centre on Environment for the Handicapped
- Chartered Institution of Building Services
324 - Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers' Association
- Churches' Main Committee
- Cinematograph Exhibitors Association of Great Britain and Ireland
- City of Birmingliam—planning department
- CLASP Development Group
- Clwyd county council
- Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom
- Confederation of British Industry
- Consortium Local Authorities Wales
- Constructional Steel Research and Development Organisation
- Construction Plant-Hire Association
- Co-operative Union Ltd.
- Disabled Living Foundation
- District Council Technical Association
- District Surveyors Association
- Electric Cable Makers Confederation
- Electricity Council
- Exeter Access Committee
- Exeter city council
- Faculty of Building
- Farmers Union of Wales
- Fibre Building Board Development Organisation Ltd.
- Fire Insurers' Re search and Testing Organisation
- Fire Protection Association
- Greater London Building Surveyors Association
- Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
- Guildford borough council—Access for the Disabled Group
- Guild of Surveyors
- Hammersmith and Fulham Association for the Disabled
- Health and Safety Executive
- Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors
- Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers
- Independent Broadcasting Authority
- Institute of Quantity Surveyors
- Institution of Building Control Officers
- Institution of Electrical Engineers
- Institution of Municipal Engineers
- Institution of Public Health Engineers
- Joint Committee on Mobility for the Disabled
- Joint Committee on Mobility of Blind and Partially Sighted People
- Mr. N. K. Kirk—consultant: Designing for the Disabled
- Leicester city council
- Leonard Cheshire Foundation
- Liverpool Association for the Disabled
- London Boroughs' Association
- London Transport Executive
- Manufacturers of Domestic Unvented Supply Systems Equipment
- Mastic Asphalt Council and Employers' Federation Ltd
- Metropolitan Police Office
- National Association of Licensed Bingo and Social Clubs
- National Association of Local Councils
- National Consumer Council
- National Farmers Union
- National Federation of Building Trades Employers
- National Federation of Housing Associations
- National Federation of Master Steeplejacks and Lighting Conductor Engineers
- National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting
- National Westminister Bank plc
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Council for the Disabled
- New Towns Association
- North-West Surrey Liberal Association
- Open Sesame
- Paint Makers Association of Great Britain Ltd
- Portsmouth Council of Community Service
- Portsmouth and District Disability Informatiom and Advice Line
- Post Office
- Property Services Agency
- Queen Elizabeth's Foundation for the Disabled
- Rotherham and District Association for the Disabled
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
- Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Royal British Legion
- Royal Instituteof British Architects
325 - Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
- Royal Society for the Promotion of Health
- Royal Town Planning Institute
- Science and Engineering Research Council
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- Second Consortium of Local Authorities
- Society of Chief Building Regulation Officers
- South Lakeland Council for the Disabled
- Spastics Society
- Spinal Injuries Association
- Swedish-Finnish Timber Council
- Tonbridge and Mailing District Council
- Trent Polytechnic—Department of Building and Environmental Health
- UK Federation of Business and Professional Women
- Rt Hon The Viscount Ingleby
- Wales Council for the Disabled
- Welsh Consumer Council
- Welwyn Hatfield district council
- West Sussex Association for the Disabled, andYarsley Technical Centre.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will study any recommendations he receives based on the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1981 before taking a decision on the implementation of section 6 of the Disabled Persons Act 1981.
§ Sir George Young:Yes.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment why the Scottish Development Department was invited to comment on his Department's proposals for the implementation of section 6 of the Disabled Persons Act 1981, in view of the fact that this part of the Act applies only to Wales and England; and whether he received any comment from it.
§ Sir George Young:The Scottish Development Department is on the standard consultation list maintained by my Department. We have received no comments from it.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if the circular to local authorities DoE 59/78 on "Adaptation of Housing for People who are Physically Handicapped" remains in force; and whether the list of "structural" features in appendix 1 of that circular is exhaustive.
§ Sir George Young:Circular 59/78 is still operative. The list of structural features in appendix 1 is not exhaustive, as the circular indicates.
Local Authorities New Towns Housing Associations Total Building for sale* 1979–80 565 5 — 570 1980–81 1,140 — — 1,140 1981–82 3,020 3,050 — 6,070 1982–83 (1st quarter only) 730 1,200 — 1,930 Total 5,455 4,255 — 9,710 Improvement for Sale 1979–80 — — — — 1980–81 15 — 30 45 1981–82 145 — 655 800 1982–83 (1st quarter only) 95 — 250 345 Total 255 — 935 1,190