§ Mr. KynochTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what conclusions the Government have reached in the light of the responses to their consultation paper "Contaminated Land Clean-up and Control" and the recent consultation exercise on the revision of Scotland's nuisance legislation; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LangThe Government intend to replace the existing Scottish nuisance provisions in the Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 with those of part III of the196W Environmental Protection Act 1990, which apply mainly to England and Wales. A clear majority of the 37 responses to our August consultation paper were in favour of such a change, which will usefully strengthen controls on nuisance in Scotland.
I hope to make a further announcement on the outcome of the contaminated land review shortly.