§ Mr. Robert B. JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many of the waste disposal authorities in England have now deposited waste management plans with his Department, pursuant to the Control of Pollution Act 1974.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyI refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave the hon. Member for Gower (Mr. Wardell) on 2 February 1989 at columns350–52. Since then we have received no more completed waste disposal plans, although Hampshire and Lincolnshire county councils have sent us preliminary draft plans.
My noble Friend the Minister of State, Department of the Environment wrote to waste disposal authorities who had not yet submitted plans again on 18 April.