§ Mr. FlightTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Worthing, East and Shoreham (Mr. Loughton) of 5 May 1998,Official Report, column 311, if he will list the petitions he has received objecting to new house building in West Sussex, indicating the number of signatures on each petition. [43147]
§ Mr. RaynsfordTwo petitions have been received. One from residents of Mid Sussex district with about 9,700 signatures and the other from residents of the Horsham district area with some 14,000 signatures.
§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 5 May 1998,Official Report, column 311, if the number of 3,000 objections includes (a) petitions and (b) multiple signature letters; and if he will publish the number of individuals who have raised objections with him. [43616]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe number of 3,000 objections includes:(a) 718 postcards in response to a campaign sponsored by the CPRE Sussex Branch and about 1,100 responses to a campaign organised by a local newspaper; and (b) about 1,100 letters some of which are signed by more than one member of a household.