§ Lord O'HAGANasked Her Majesty's Government:
To explain the difference in status between a statutory objector and a discretionary objector at a public inquiry and in any subsequent legal proceedings.
§ Baroness BIRKA statutory objector, as defined in rules of procedure, has a right to be notified of the holding of the inquiry and to receive a pre-inquiry statement from the promoting authority. It is the practice to notify anyone else who has made representations and to send them the same documents as are sent to statutory objectors. A statutory objector is entitled to be heard, to call evidence and to cross-examine witnesses. Anyone else may be heard at the Inspector's discretion and he may also allow them to call evidence and cross-examine. It would be for the court to determine the standing of anyone concerned in subsequent legal proceedings.