HC Deb 15 February 1995 vol 254 c678W
Ms Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans there are for opencast gravel mining in the Avon valley.

Sir Paul Beresford

[holding answer 13 February 1995]: Proposals for minerals extraction in Hampshire are set out in the deposit draft of the Hampshire minerals and waste local plan, which is due to be considered at a public local inquiry commencing on 21 March. There are no proposals in the draft plan for gravel working in the Avon valley.