§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment why he has refused consent for the redevelopment of the Northumberland wharf river waste transfer station.
§ Mrs. RumboldMy right hon. Friend has not refused consent for this redevelopment. As explained in his answer of 21 November at column255–57 to my hon. Friend the member for Bury, South (Mr. Sumberg), he has withheld it until the London borough of Tower Hamlets has decided the exact nature of the redevelopment that it wishes to undertake on this site.