§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will improve the clarity of the definition of the areas of land that are to be included in the proposed regulations relating to the contaminated land register.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 4 November 1992]: It would be our intention to accompany any regulations made under section 143 of the Environment Protection Act 1990 with guidance about their implementation, including criteria for defining areas of registrable land.
§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will reconsider his proposals to include land that has been used for mineral extraction from the contaminated land register.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 4 November 1992]: Our recent consultative draft of regulations proposed under section 143 of the Environment Protection Act 1990 did not include mineral extraction as a registrable use of land; the proposed regulations would apply only to the most contaminative uses of land.