§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many organisations have so far responded to his Department's consultation paper of 19 July on fees for planning applications; and which of these have urged the withdrawal of the charging scheme.
§ Mr. Giles Shaw[pursuant to his answer, 22 November 1982, c. 385]: My earlier answer was in one respect inadvertently based on a misreading of the 179 responses to the consultation paper. It has been brought to my attention that the Royal Town Planning Institute did in its response explicitly urge the withdrawal of fees. In addition, the CBI and the HBF have now told us that their opposition to fees should also be interpreted as calling for withdrawal.