HC Deb 21 April 1983 vol 41 cc171-2W
Mr. Heddle

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if the Government are satisfied with the effectiveness of the coal mining subsidence compensation system.

Mr. John Moore

[pursuant to his reply, 3 February 1983, c. 152]: The following have been appointed as members of the subsidence compensation review committee under the chairmanship of Mr. Lewis Waddilove, CBE, JP: Mr. Michael Baatz, MA, Registrar, University of Leicester; Miss Jean Horsham, CBE, Retired Deputy Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration; Mr. Eric King, BSc, C.Eng, FICE, Retired Project Manager, Esso Petroleum; Professor David McKinlay, PhD, BSc, FICE, FASCE, FGS, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Strathclyde; Mr. Peter Vincent, FRICS, C.Eng, MIMinE, Partner in Smith, Vincent and Co., chartered mineral surveyors; Mr. Tom Walters, CBE, DL, Retired Chief Executive, Mid-Glamorgan County Council; Mrs. Anita Woolman, JP, Magistrate and Member of Transport Users Consultative Committee (Yorkshire area).

Mr. Alan Dickie, director of estates for the National Coal Board, and Mr. Peter Spurrier, chief mining engineer, South Yorkshire county council, have been appointed as technical assessors to the committee.

The committee will welcome evidence from all interested bodies and individuals. The chairman is today writing to interested organisations and hon. Members with further guidance on how they should present evidence. The review will also be widely publicised in the regions through local press, radio and TV.

Those intending to submit written evidence should inform the Committee by the end of May of their intention to do so. The evidence should be submitted as soon as possible and in any case before 30 June. All papers and inquiries should be directed to the review secretariat which will be provided jointly by my Department and the Department of the Environment. The addresses are:

Department of Energy Room 1289A, Department of Energy, Thames House South, Millbank, London SW1P 4QJ (Telephone 01–211 3240).

Department of the Environment Room C16/19A, Department of the Environment, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB (Telephone 01–212 3523).