§ Mr. HeddleTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy (1) if he will publish in theOfficial Report details of the recommendations of the Waddilove committee on coal mining subsidence which have so far been implemented and the timescale in which he expects the remaining recommendations to be implemented, together with details thereof;
(2) when he proposes that British Coal's code of practice in respect of compensation for coal mining subsidence will be brought into statute.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Ellesmere 249W Port and Neston (Dr. Woodcock) on 12 January, at columns 739–41. This lists those recommendations of the Waddilove committee which have been implemented wholly or in part by British Coal. The Government's proposals for legislation to deal with the remaining recommendations were set out in a consultation document circulated in April 1988, copies of which are in the Library of the House. These proposals, which include putting British Coal's code of practice on a statutory footing, will be implemented as soon as the parliamentary timetable permits.