§ Mr. HeddleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement following his consultation paper setting out proposals for the implementation of the European Community directive on environmental assessment.
§ Mr. WaldegraveWe are giving careful consideration to the responses to the consultation paper. We intend to lay before Parliament regulations under the European Communities Act 1972 in order to comply with the directive's requirement that member states shall take the necessary measures by 3 July 1988.