§ 66. Mr. Nabarroasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what consultations took place between his Department and representative local authority organisations before the terms of the Clean Air Alkali Works Order, 1958, were laid before the House, and with what result; and what representations objecting to the terms of the Order he has received, and from whom.
§ Mr. BevinsAll the local authority associations were invited in the autumn of 1956 to let my right hon. Friend have the views on the desirability of such an Order. One of them raised objections which were developed at the public local inquiry held last summer.
Having taken careful account of these and other representations, my right hon. Friend sent the Order in draft form to the associations. No further comment was received at that stage, but since it has been laid objections from some 40 local authorities have been brought to my notice by hon. Members.
§ 67. Mr. Nabarroasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what estimate he has made of aggregate coal, oil, and coke consumed annually by all the works delineated in the Clean Air Alkali Works Order, 1958; and, having regard to the proposed responsibility of the Alkali Inspectorate for smoke discharge as well as for noxious or offensive gases, grit, and dust, whether he will publish the figures in aggregate referred to.
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§ Mr. BevinsParticulars for England and Wales are not readily available, but for the United Kingdom the figures are approximately 110 million tons of coal, 17.5 million tons of coke, and 2.5 million tons of oil.