HC Deb 24 April 1990 vol 171 c124W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, North (Ms. Walley) of 20 February,Official Report, column 656, if he will now make a further statement on the feasibility of compiling a register of contaminated land.

Mr. Trippier

[holding answer 23 April 1990]: I am sympathetic to the idea of compiling registers in appropriate form and expect to receive later this week, the report of the internal working party which has been looking at this. I will announce my proposals at the earliest opportunity.