§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment on how many occasions the conditions of a consent or authorisation for the disposal of land, or an interest or right in or over that land, have been made in accordance with section 152(5)(a) of the Water Act 1989 to direct the disposal to a specified person where that land is situated in a national park, the Broads, an area of outstanding natural beauty or a site of special scientific interest and has not been acquired compulsorily.
§ Mr. TrippierThe Secretary of State has not received any recommendation from the Countryside Commission to direct disposal to a specified person under section 152(5)(a).
§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he has received any requests from(a) water undertakers, (b) statutory bodies or (c) voluntary bodies to revise or amend the general authorisation dated 1 September 1989 issued under section 152 of the Water Act 1989 concerning the disposal of land in a national park, the Broads, an area of outstanding natural beauty or a site of special scientific interest.
§ Mr. TrippierThe Countryside Commission, the Nature Conservancy Council and the Office of Water Services have all expressed the view that the general authorisation should be revised. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has written to us to the same effect; but we have not received any letters from water undertakers.