§ Lord BEAUMONT of WHITLEYasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will make a Statement on their attitude to the recommendations on public inquiries contained in The Big Public Inquiry published by The Outer Circle Policy Unit.
§ The PARLIAMENTARY UNDERSECRETARY of STATE, DEPARTMENT of the ENVIRONMENT (Lord Bellwin)The document contains interesting proposals for a new non-statutory preliminary investigation of projects with major national implications. It has very recently been published and will be carefully studied.