HC Deb 02 April 1992 vol 222 c511W
Mr. Gareth Wardell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he will implement section 140 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Mr. Maclean

Section 140 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 came into force two months after the Act was passed; the committee referred to in section 140(5) was established in July 1991 and several statutory instruments have been made using section 140.