HC Deb 09 December 1969 vol 793 c68W
87. Mr. George Jeger

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he is aware of the shortage of smokeless fuel in South Yorkshire where the Clean Air Acts have been put into operation; and whether he will introduce regulations to enable him to grant a dispensation to local authorities in areas where it is not possible to enforce the Act.

Mr. Skeffington

I would refer my hon. Friend, first, to the answer given on 3rd November to the hon. Member for Colne Valley (Mr. Richard Wainwright) by my hon. Friend the Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Technology; and, secondly, to the answer I gave on 25th November to the hon. Member for Skipton (Mr. Drayson).—[Vol. 790, c.18; Vol. 792, c. 54.]