§ Sir W. Bromley-Davenportasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what was the number of appeals by advertising interests dealt with during 1960 under the Control of Advertisements Regulations, 1948; how many of these were dealt with at public hearings and by correspondence, respectively; how many in each group referred, respectively, to posters, including bulletin boards but not trade signs, public information panels and trade signs on the premises of the occupiers concerned; and how many of each category were rejected or allowed.
§ Sir K. Joseph:The number of appeals decided during 1960 under the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations was 1,549 Details are as follows:
authorities measure pollution over the town as a whole, while others concentrate measuring instruments in the areas of highest pollution; and whether he will recommend to all local authorities a uniform method of measuring air pollution.
§ Mr. H. Brooke:Local authorities who take air pollution measurements do so 35W in co-operation with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research; there is a standing conference to co-ordinate action. Many sites at which measurements are taken were, however, originally selected for local reasons, and the measurements are an imperfect basis for showing national trends. A working party appointed by the standing conference has recently recommended an extension and improvement of local measurements in order to enable better national assessments to be made. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and I propose to recommend these proposals to local authorities generally.