HC Deb 02 May 1996 vol 276 c601W
Mr. Dafis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the average length of time between the publication of reports I to 17 of the royal commission on environmental pollution and the publication of the Government's response to those reports. [26515]

Mr. Clappison

The average length of time between the publication of reports 1 to 17 of the royal commission on environmental pollution and the publication of the Government's response to those reports was about two years five months.