§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment why the National Federation of the Blind was not included in the bodies circulated by his Department for their comments on the implimentation of section 6 of the Disabled Persons Act 1981.
§ Sir George Young:My Department consulted the Royal National Institute for the blind on which the National Federation of the Blind is represented.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment to how many organisations he sent out his invitation for comments on the proposed methods of any amending of section 6 of the Disabled Persons Act 1981; how many of these replied by the required deadline; and how many replied after that deadline.
§ Sir George Young:My Department sent the consultation letter to 353 representative organisations and 10 Government Departments. We received 113 replies by 13 August 1982 and 17 replied after that date.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether invitations to comment were sent to (a) the London Boroughs Association and (b) the Council of the Principality, in relation to the implementation of section 6 of the Disabled Persons Act 1981.
§ Sir George Young:Yes.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the environment if he will make a statement as to his policy in obtaining the comments of borough and district councils in England and Wales in relation to the implementation of the Disabled Persons Act 1981.
§ Sir George Young:My Department consulted all the bodies representing the local authorities in England and Wales.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment why he invited the chief building inspector of Jersey to comment on his proposals for the implementation of section 6 of the Disabled Persons Act 1981.
§ Sir George Young:The chief building inspector of Jersey is on the standard consultation list maintained by my Department.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment why he asked the byelaws revision committee of the Isle of Man to comment on the implementation of section 6 of the Disabled Persons Act 1981
§ Sir George Young:The byelaws revision committee of the Isle of Man is on the standard consultation list maintained by my Department.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what replies he has received from the Brewers Society, the Cake and Biscuit Alliance, the Milk Marketing Board, the National Farmers Union, the National Federation of Master Steeplejacks and Lightning Conductor Engineers, the Swedish-Finnish Timber 246W Council, Trinity House, and the White Fish Authority, respectively, to his invitation for them to comment on the implementation of section 6 of the Disabled Persons Act 1981
§ Sir George Young:The Brewers Society, the National Farmers Union and the National Federation of Master Steeplejacks and Lightning Conductor Engineers supported our proposals, the Swedish-Finnish Timber Council disagreed, and the other four organisations did not comment.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment to how many district councils in Wales he sent an invitation for comment on his proposals concerning the implementation of section 6 of the Disabled Persons Act 1981; and if he will make a statement clarifying the position of Welsh district authorities in relation to this matter.
§ Sir George Young:My Department consulted the Consortium of Local Authorities of Wales which forwarded comments from four Welsh district authorities.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment which polytechnics and colleges were asked to comment on the implementation of section 6 of the Disabled Persons Act 1981; and if he will indicate the bases on which these polytechnics were selected.
§ Sir George Young:My Department consulted, at their own request, the Fire Service Technical College, Imperial College of Science and Technology, Liverpool Polytechnic, department of architecture, Polytechnic of Central London, Polytechnic of North London, Portsmouth Polytechnic, Trent Polytechnic, department of building and environmental health, University of Bristol, department of architecture and the committee of vice-chancellors and principals of the universities of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment why the Polytechnic of Wales was not invited to comment on the implementation of section 6 of the Disabled Persons Act 1981.
§ Sir George Young:Unlike the establishments mentioned in my previous answer, the Polytechnic of Wales has not asked to be included in the consultation list maintained by my Department.