HC Deb 07 February 1990 vol 166 cc634-5W
Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what individuals and organisations have been consulted in relation to environmental assessment regulations under the Environmental Protection Bill;

(2) when he will publish draft environmental assessment regulations under the Environmental Protection Bill.

Mr. Trippier

Regulations made under schedule 1 to the Environmental Protection Bill will prescribe details of the application procedure for an authorisation under part I of the Bill. I propose that those regulations should require applications to include information about the environmental effects of the proposed process. I will consult on the draft regulations in the next few months.