HC Deb 31 January 1972 vol 830 cc41-2W
Mr. David Watkins

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many oral and written Questions, respectively, were addressed to him as a result of the arrangements made by Ministers during 1971 for Questions to be tabled to him.

Mr. Peter Walker

I assume that the hon. Member is referring to the arrangements made by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Housing and Construction, mentioned in my statement of 13th December, 1971. On the only two occasions on which the arrangements were in operation, 27 such Questions were tabled, all oral: as I said in my earlier statement, 12 were reached.