Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Peter Atkinson (Conservative). It was answered on Thursday, 29 October 2009 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Light Pollution

Question: When the Minister meets his colleagues in the Department for Children, Schools and Families, will he remind them of a report produced by the then Department of the Environment called "Lighting in the Countryside: Towards Good Practice". That was published 12 years ago and highlighted the danger of poorly planned lighting schemes in rural communities and market towns. Since then, very little has happened. As an MP who represents a constituency that contains some of the darkest areas in England, the matter is hugely important to me and my constituents.

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