§ Mr. SpellarTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the number of recorded accidents in the farming and forestry industry in each of the last three years; and how many have been fatal. [37134]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe table shows the total number of fatal and other accidents in the agriculture and horticulture and forestry sectors reported to all enforcing authorities between 1991–92 and 1993–94.
§ Mr. CurryI met leading members of the local authority associations on 16 October. The local authority representatives whom I met are considering my proposals for an independent review of the adjustment. The aim would be to establish a method of carrying out the adjustment which commanded the widest degree of acceptance among authorities in all parts of the country, had a sound conceptual basis and was practical to apply.
I proposed that the review should be steered by a leading academic. It should also have someone knowledgeable about local government finance, nominated by the local authority associations, and someone familiar with central Government processes, nominated by the Secretary of State. Research would be commissioned to assist the review in its work. We would seek a report from the review in June 1996.