§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will instruct the Health and Safety Executive that no permission will be given to British Gas to reactivate the liquefied petroleum gas pipeline at Canvey, which is listed as a hazard in its 1978 report, until after the recommendations of the inspector who conducted the recent public inquiry into the totality of risks to the island has been received and studied.
§ Mr. MayhewNo. The recent public inquiry was concerned with the question of possible revocation of planning permission given to United Refineries Ltd. to construct an oil refinery on Canvey Island.
In considering the proposal to reactivate part of this pipeline the Health
Greater Manchester Metropolitan County of which, school leavers under 18 years of age Manchester travel-to-work area of which school leavers under 18 years of age All registered unemployed Percentage All registered unemployed Percentage Number rate Number Number rate Number July 1978 81,285 6.7 12,967 48,100 6.8 6,980 July 1979 72,776 6.0 10,889 41,635 5.9 5,536 July 1980* (provisional) 102,682 8.5 16,609 56,633 7.9 8,066 * The July 1980 figures are not strictly comparable with those for earlier years because of the introduction, in September 1979, of fortnightly attendance and payment of benefit. Estimates are net available below standard regional level, but for the country as a whole the monthly unemployment figures are about 20,000 or li per cent. higher than under weekly attendance.