HC Deb 11 December 2001 vol 376 c847W
Mr. McLoughlin

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will reply to the letter of 18 July from the hon. Member for West Derbyshire concerning dormant quarries in the Peak District National Park. [17963]

Mr. Morley

[holding answer 26 November 2001]: The hon. Member's letter of 18 July has been transferred to the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions for response.

Mr. McLoughlin

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) when she will reply to the letter of 8 October from the hon. Member for West Derbyshire on the export of sheep and sheep meat to continental Europe; [21860]

(2) when she will reply to the letter of 8 October from the hon. Member for West Derbyshire on the export of sheep and sheep meat to continental Europe. [21472]

Mr. Morley

I replied to the letter from the hon. Member on 6 December 2001.

Miss McIntosh

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will ensure that outstanding correspondence with her Department will receive a reply by 19 December. [21964]

Mr. Morley

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State wrote to all Members of Parliament on 14 November explaining the scale of the current problems faced by the Correspondence Section and setting out the mechanisms put in place to overcome these problems. However we shall certainly endeavour to respond to all the hon. Member's current outstanding correspondence by 19 December.