§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will cause an investigation to be made to ascertain how and why it took one month for his Department to notify the hon. Member for West Ham, North that his letter of 26th January regarding the enforcement of the law concerning a dangerous and illegal method of loading lorries was receiving attention; and why this notification was posted by second-class mail service.
§ Mr. RipponA full reply to the letter received from the hon. Member on 29th January was sent to him on 1st March after completion of investigations. I regret that the interim reply of 22nd February was delayed and inadvertently sent by second-class mail.