§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make it his policy to issue guidance to local authorities to ensure that rules and regulations affecting the operation of cottage industries are enforced at the least burdensome level possible. [44918]
§ Mr. KilfoyleI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Scarborough and Whitby (Mr. Quinn) on 4 March 1998,Official Report, columns 692–94, announcing the publication of the Enforcement Concordat. I wrote to all local authorities in England on 5 March 1998 to commend the Concordat to them and encourage its adoption.