§ Baroness Blatchasked Her Majesty's Government:
When they plan to produce a draft of emergency planning civil contingencies legislation. [HL1745]
§ The Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Lord Macdonald of Tradeston)Work is progressing as planned on preparing new civil contingencies legislation, which is necessary to modernise existing civil defence, emergency planning and emergency powers legislation. This will be an organisational measure, improving on well-established, existing arrangements. We intend to publish policy proposals during summer 2003. New legislation will be introduced as soon as parliamentary time allows.