§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will instruct the inspector at the public inquiry on the future policy of waste disposal in Essex, currently being held at Chelmsford, immediately to make the written submissions to that inquiry available to the press and interested local parties. [97130]
§ Ms Beverley HughesI see no need to. Copies of written submissions made to public inquiries on Waste Local Plans are deposited with those plans as a matter of standard practice so that others may see them, both before and during an inquiry.
§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on his policy towards publishing written submissions by interested parties prior to the holding of a public inquiry into local waste disposal projects. [97131]
§ Ms Beverley HughesIt is standard practice for the written submissions of interested parties to be deposited with Waste Local Plans so that others may see them, during reasonable hours, both before and during a public inquiry.