Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 22 November 2005, in the House of Commons, led by Malcolm Moss. The answering member was Elliot Morley.

Contaminated Brownfield Sites

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on property development on contaminated brownfield sites, especially Littleport near Ely.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 439 c349-69WH
Session: 2005-06
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions: Malcolm Moss | 439 c349-53WH (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful for the opportunity to debate the crucial problem in my constituency of land cont...; Elliot Morley | 439 c363-4WH (Link to this contribution) : I will do my best. I understand what the hon. Gentleman says. As he fairly pointed out, there are ...; Malcolm Moss | 439 c363WH (Link to this contribution) : I accept that the individual characteristics of a site such as the geology and the soil should be ...; Elliot Morley | 439 c362-3WH (Link to this contribution) : I would not condone any attempt to exploit loopholes in the law and regulations or to find shortcu...; Elliot Morley | 439 c365WH (Link to this contribution) : I understand where the hon. Gentleman is coming from, and I shall try to address what he says. The...; Malcolm Moss | 439 c365WH (Link to this contribution) : I am sorry, Mr. Cummings. I agree. I shall sit down.; Speaker | 439 c365WH (Link to this contribution) Order. Interventions should be brief, Mr. Moss.; Malcolm Moss | 439 c364-5WH (Link to this contribution) : I am listening carefully to the Minister. Local authorities that are tasked under current legislat...; Malcolm Moss | 439 c366WH (Link to this contribution) : Because benzo(a)pyrene is so widespread and because the existing threshold figures are so low—I re...; Elliot Morley | 439 c365-6WH (Link to this contribution) : I think that I can answer the hon. Gentleman's question. The issue is being worked on as part of t...; Paul Rowen | 439 c365WH (Link to this contribution) : Can the Minister indicate when the SGV for asbestos will be published? That is certainly an issue ...; Paul Rowen | 439 c354-6WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Member for North-East Cambridgeshire (Mr. Moss) for initiating this debate. It is t...; Jim Dobbin | 439 c353-4WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for North-East Cambridgeshire (Mr. Moss) on securing this important d...; Bill Wiggin | 439 c357-60WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for North-East Cambridgeshire (Mr. Moss) on securing the de...; Mark Hunter | 439 c356-7WH (Link to this contribution) I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for North-East Cambridgeshire (Mr. Moss) on securing this impor...; Bill Wiggin | 439 c361WH (Link to this contribution) : The Minister has just identified what he thinks the problem is, but I have been imagining what it ...; Elliot Morley | 439 c360-1WH (Link to this contribution) : I congratulate the hon. Member for North-East Cambridgeshire (Mr. Moss) on his grasp of a complex ...; Malcolm Moss | 439 c361-2WH (Link to this contribution) : To clear up that point, the then NRA advised looking at water movement, but there was no problem w...; Elliot Morley | 439 c361WH (Link to this contribution) : It is certainly true that there can be an impact on the value of property, which is why I have a g...; Paul Rowen | 439 c362WH (Link to this contribution) : No one disagrees that a site must be cleared up, but sometimes developers are prepared to exploit ...; Elliot Morley | 439 c362WH (Link to this contribution) : I accept what the hon. Gentleman says, but it would not be appropriate for me to go into the backg...; Malcolm Moss | 439 c366WH (Link to this contribution) : We have not got one for benzo(a)pyrene.; Elliot Morley | 439 c366WH (Link to this contribution) : I accept the hon. Gentleman's point. If benzo(a)pyrene is widespread, as seems to be the case, and...; Malcolm Moss | 439 c367WH (Link to this contribution) : We are nearing the end of the debate, which has been useful in many ways. If the Minister were the...; Elliot Morley | 439 c366-7WH (Link to this contribution) : There is guidance now and the SGVs are being updated to make them more sophisticated because it is...; Malcolm Moss | 439 c368WH (Link to this contribution) : I wish to put a couple of points on the record. I think that the Minister said that my local autho...; Elliot Morley | 439 c367-8WH (Link to this contribution) : I would tell the hon. Gentleman's constituents that the Government have given financial assistance...; Elliot Morley | 439 c368-9WH (Link to this contribution) : On the first point, I confirm that funds are available from ODPM—not from DEFRA. There is a fund t...
Subjects: Brownfield sites Contamination Chemicals Environment Agency Pollution Property development Benzopyrene Littleport
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