HC Deb 26 July 1972 vol 841 c295W
37. Mr. Kinsey

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment in how many cases decisions in respect of appeals concerning the establishment of a hyper market have been delayed for more than eight months from the date of the appeal, and why.

Mr. Graham Page

In the recent past there have been eight such appeals, six of which are still outstanding; these appeals raise important issues which need to be carefully considered before they are decided.