Minerals Compensation Regulations (Hansard, 17 February 1997)

Earl Ferrers

Public consultation on the new minerals compensation regulations closed on 24 January. Thirty three responses were received by my department. A summary of the main points has been placed in the Library of the House, together with a government response. The regulations have been laid before Parliament today and are subject to approval by Affirmative Resolution in both Houses. We are also making available in the Library a monitoring report, which was published in October 1996, which shows how the compliance costs associated with the minerals reforms which were introduced by the Environment Act 1995 have been assessed.