HC Deb 20 December 1973 vol 866 c393W
Mrs. Joyce Butler

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will arrange for the automatic calling in by his Department of all planning applications for the erection of hypermarkets, in view of the many environmental issues involved.

Mr. Graham Page

No. My right hon. and learned Friend's practice, as for other types of development, is to call in only those which raise issues of more than local importance.