§ Q13. Mr. David Steelasked the Prime Minister whether he will direct all Ministers when taking decisions which have a direct effect on a particular locality, such as planning appeals and local transport services, to notify the Member of Parliament whose constituents are automatically involved as a result, so as to remedy the situation whereby hon. Members learn of such decisions through the Press.
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§ The Prime MinisterNo. It is already, I think, common practice for my right hon. Friends to inform Members of decisions in which they are known to have an interest; to go further and notify all decisions on a routine basis would be unnecessarily cumbersome and expensive.