§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will detail all the motorway and major road improvement schemes (a) under construction, (b) with planning consent given and (c) planned for completion by 1980, in Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire.
§ Mr. CarmichaelFollowing is the information:
satisfactory completion of statutory procedure under the Highways Acts 1959–1971 and the continuing availability of funds, the following schemes are planned for completion by the end of 1980:
inquiries and surveys being carried out either by his Department or at his request by outside bodies or individuals, giving their membership, terms of reference and the likely date at which they will be reporting or publishing documents.
§ Mr. CroslandThe following major inquiries and surveys are currently in progress:
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Name of body Membership Terms of reference Likely date of reporting Environmental Impact Analysis Study Mr. G. Thirlwall, CBE To survey the techniques now being used or developed to measure the environmental impact of large-scale projects. Interim report now being prepared. Final report expected before the end of 1975. Mr. J. Catlow To consider the circumstances in which development proposals would give rise to the need for environmental analysis. To consider the ground to be covered in such an analysis and whether any standardised method of presenting the required information is appropriate. To consider who should prepare and pay for the analysis. To make recommendations on further research, codification or technical presentation as they think appropriate. Working Party on Housing Co-operatives and Tenant Participation in Housing Management. Mr. H. Campbell (Chairman) To report to the Minister for Housing and Construction on ways, legislative, financial and administrative, by which Government, local government, housing associations, the house-building industry and financial and other institutions can enable the formation of housing co-operatives to take place; on ways in which local authority and housing association tenants can be enabled by co-operative management schemes to participate collectively in decisions which affect them; on ways in which tenants may by means of housing co-operatives acquire a financial stake in their homes; and on ways in which the current problem of co-ownership can be tackled. Late summer 1975. Mr. J. W. Baker Mr. R. Best Mr. C. Dryland Mr. K. Gould Mr. J. Hands Mr. L. Waddilove Mr. W. P. Jackson (DOE) Local Government Finance Inquiry Committee. Mr. F. Layfield, QC (Chairman) To review the whole system of local government finance in England, Scotland and Wales and to make recommendations. Towards the end of 1975. Mr. R. Brain, CB Mr. A. Bushnell Prof. G. Cameron Prof. A. Day Mr. G. Drain, JP Dr. E. James Dr. G. Jones Mr. B. T. Jones Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw, DBE Viscount Ridley, TD DL Mr. G. Sharp, OBE Mr. J. Smart, JP Prof. J. Stewart Mr. M. Stonefrost Mr. S. Wright
Name of body Membership Terms of reference Likely date of reporting Committee of Inquiry into Drinking and Driving. Mr. F. A. Blennerhasset, QC (Chairman) To review the operation of the law relating to drinking and driving, and to make recommendations. Late 1975. Mr. W. P. Blair, JP Mr. S. Bowen, CBE Mr. E. G. Davies Mr. G. Edwards Sir Martin Edwards Mr. P. J. Halnan Mr. G. Hill, OBE Mr. J. K. McLellan, CBE Dr. P. A. B. Raffle Miss B. E. Sabey Mr. G. W. R. Terry Advisory Group on Commercial Property Development. Sir Dennis Pilcher, CBE (Chairman) To examine the arrangements for carrying out development of commercial property and the part played by investors, developers and local authorities; to consider how these may change; and to advise the Secretary of State either generally or on matters referred to them. First report due very shortly. Mr. W. G. Bor, CBE Mr. R. B. Caws Mr. M. R. Dunnett Mr. J. W. Hughes Mr. C. Macpherson Mr. H. R. Moore, CBE Mr. B. Scholes Mr. W. Thomas Mr. D. Wood Study of British Waterways Board waterways. Consultants: Peter Fraenkel & Partners. To investigate British Waterways Board waterways maintenance needs and report. Late autumn 1975. Housing Finance Review Advisory Group. Secretary of State for the Environment (Chairman) The Group advises upon the review being carried out by the Department of the arrangements for finance for the provision of housing, and the assistance, direct and indirect, given from public funds; and of what changes are desirable to facilitate adequate, timely and economical provision to meet differing needs with reasonable freedom of choice, and to secure a more equitable and balanced distribution of assistance. Mid-1976. Mr. J. R. Coward Prof. J. B. Cullingworth Mr. K. Gould Mr. M. Harloe Mrs. P. L. Hollis Mr. F. Layfield, QC Mr. J. A. D. Mills Miss A. A. Nevitt Mr. J. R. L. Potter Mr. D. J. Seligman Mr. H. G. Simpson, OBE Mr. P. Trench, CBE Mr. R. K. Wilkinson There are, of course, many other inquiries and surveys on day-to-day business, such as, for example, those under the Town and Country Planning Acts, but he cost of assembling information about all of them is not in my opinion, justified.
54W55WThere are, of course, many other inquiries and surveys on day-to-day business, such as, for example, those under the Town and Country Planning Acts, but he cost of assembling information about all of them is not in my opinion, justified.