§ Mr. Matthewsasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he is aware of the shortage of caravan sites in Warwickshire, and of the congested state of the present sites; how many appeals have been made to him, under the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, or the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act, 1960, in respect of caravan sites in the county; what was their nature; and what action he has taken in this matter.
§ Mr. CorfieldMy right hon. Friend has has had no representations about shortage of caravan sites in Warwickshire. The responsibility for taking any necessary action rests on the local authorities concerned in the first instance.
The available statistics relate only to decided appeals, not lo appeals as they are made. During 1961 and 1962 my right hon. Friend decided appeals concerning caravan sites in the administrative county of Warwickshire as follows:
the use of red squill, phosphorus, arsenic, barium carbonate, strychnine, except for moles, brucine, fluorine compounds, thallium sulphate, sulphur dioxide and ANTU.
§ Mr. BrookeI am considering, in the light of the views submitted to me by 15W the various interested bodies I have consulted, the poisons to be included in regulations under the Act.