HC Deb 07 June 1989 vol 154 c164W
Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list(a) the failures of implementation of policy and (b) the successes in the implementation of policy by his Department since May 1979.

Mr. Ridley

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to my hon. Friend the Member for Pembroke (Mr. Bennett) on 25 May(Official Report columns 695–719). Columns 706–08 list the major achievements for which my Department is responsible. There have been no failures.