HC Deb 23 March 1994 vol 240 c220W
Mr. Devlin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to give approval to the ban on drinking in public places in Yarm and Thornaby, Cleveland.

Mr. Charles Wardle

Home Office Officials wrote to Stockton-on-Tees borough council on 21 March giving agreement in principle to the proposal for byelaws prohibiting the consumption of intoxicating liquor in designated parts of Yarm and Thornaby. That letter asked for further essential information about the areas which the council wishes to designate. We expect to be able to give provisional approval to the byelaws once the necessary information has been obtained.