HC Deb 25 July 1989 vol 157 c684W
Mr. Gow

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment on which date he drew to the attention of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry the information which had been given to the Under-Secretary of State for the Environment by the hon. Members for Bexhill and Battle (Mr. Wardle) and for Eastbourne during a debate in the House on 26 May,Official Report, columns 1291 and 1292; and what further action has been taken.

Mr. Moynihan

I wrote to my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Corporate Affairs at the Department of Trade and Industry on 7 June drawing his attention to the information provided by the hon. Members during the debate on 26 May. It is for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, who has responsibility for such matters, to decide what action to take on the basis of this information.