Written question asked by Lord Pickles (Conservative) on Monday, 24 April 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 26 April 2006. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 May 2006 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

EU INSPIRE Directive

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will place in the Library a copy of (a) the Regulatory Impact Assessment and (b) the supplementary explanatory memorandum on the implementation of the EU INSPIRE directive.

Answer: Copies of the Regulatory Impact Assessment and the supplementary explanatory memorandum on the implementation of the EU INSPIRE directive were sent to the International Affairs Section of the House of Commons Library in 2005 via a Cabinet Office circulation list for explanatory memoranda. Copies of both documents are available in the Library.In addition, the Regulatory Impact Assessment will soon be available on the Intra-governmental Group on Geographic Information website
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