On a personal note, may I say, as you leave the Chair, Mr Speaker, that it has been a pleasure to serve briefly under you in this debate? I welcome the Deputy Speaker to his place.

I should clarify the issue I wish to raise this evening, as earlier today the...

On a personal note, may I say, as you leave the Chair, Mr Speaker, that it has been a pleasure to serve briefly under you in this debate? I welcome the Deputy Speaker to his place.

I should clarify the issue I wish to raise this evening, as earlier today the...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt

Western) on bringing this debate to the House. I know that he cares about the environment. He took over from me on the all-party electric vehicles group, so we have a connection in caring about the environment, emissions and suchlike....

I congratulate the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt

Western) on bringing this debate to the House. I know that he cares about the environment. He took over from me on the all-party electric vehicles group, so we have a connection in caring about the environment, emissions and suchlike....

I totally accept that process and how the cogs of local government and so on turn, but my question is actually around the assumptions. Those of us who are quite close to the changes in the whole construction industry and the sorts of housing that we will have in future...

I totally accept that process and how the cogs of local government and so on turn, but my question is actually around the assumptions. Those of us who are quite close to the changes in the whole construction industry and the sorts of housing that we will have in future...

The hon. Gentleman makes a sound point, but that is all assumption, and we have no data. Councils have to work on data in preparing their five-year plan for housing allocation, as they have to with minerals. That is why we have a system for how these things work. They...

The hon. Gentleman makes a sound point, but that is all assumption, and we have no data. Councils have to work on data in preparing their five-year plan for housing allocation, as they have to with minerals. That is why we have a system for how these things work. They...

Agreed to on question.

Agreed to on question.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of how much sand and gravel is used each year to protect the United Kingdom coastline.[HL458]

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of how much sand and gravel is used each year to protect the United Kingdom coastline.[HL458]

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many tonnes of sand and gravel have been extracted in the UK in each of the last five years.

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many tonnes of sand and gravel have been extracted in the UK in each of the last five years.

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what price per tonne HM Treasury receives for the gravel excavated by marine dredging; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what price per tonne HM Treasury receives for the gravel excavated by marine dredging; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what sand reserves there are in Lancashire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what sand reserves there are in Lancashire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidelines are issued to Lancashire County Council on the amount of sand it is expected to produce each year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidelines are issued to Lancashire County Council on the amount of sand it is expected to produce each year.

Written Statement on the publication of revised regional guidelines for aggregates provision for use in construction to 2016. - Inc table and ref to copies of guidelines in Library (Dep 03/1774).

Written Statement on the publication of revised regional guidelines for aggregates provision for use in construction to 2016. - Inc table and ref to copies of guidelines in Library (Dep 03/1774).

Welsh Grand Committee adjournment debate on sand and gravel excavation in the Usk Valley. (Committee sitting in Westminster). Agreed to on question.

Welsh Grand Committee adjournment debate on sand and gravel excavation in the Usk Valley. (Committee sitting in Westminster). Agreed to on question.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, What discussions he has had with First Secretary to discuss alternatives to sand and gravel extraction from the Bristol Channel. (Failed OPQ)

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, What discussions he has had with First Secretary to discuss alternatives to sand and gravel extraction from the Bristol Channel. (Failed OPQ)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Usk valley has been identified as an area for sand and gravel extraction. - This is a matter for the Welsh Assembly Government.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Usk valley has been identified as an area for sand and gravel extraction. - This is a matter for the Welsh Assembly Government.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement about her policy with regard to inshore sand and gravel excavation; and whether environmentally sensitive areas will be protected.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement about her policy with regard to inshore sand and gravel excavation; and whether environmentally sensitive areas will be protected.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the levy of £1.60 per tonne on the extraction of (a) sand, (b) gravel and (c) rock. - (Holding answer 5 December 2001).

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the levy of £1.60 per tonne on the extraction of (a) sand, (b) gravel and (c) rock. - (Holding answer 5 December 2001).

In respect of the proposals in the Maidenhead flood relief scheme to remove about three million tonnes of gravel for resale to the construction industry, whether the Environment Agency has investigated the full environmental effects of removing the gravel by road and rail; and how, in coming to its decision...

In respect of the proposals in the Maidenhead flood relief scheme to remove about three million tonnes of gravel for resale to the construction industry, whether the Environment Agency has investigated the full environmental effects of removing the gravel by road and rail; and how, in coming to its decision...

The environmental costs and benefits of the supply of aggregates. Report of a study by London Economic in association with Mining and Environment Research Group Royal School of Mines Imperial College and Dr Clive Spash. DETR. 1998.

The environmental costs and benefits of the supply of aggregates. Report of a study by London Economic in association with Mining and Environment Research Group Royal School of Mines Imperial College and Dr Clive Spash. DETR. 1998.

Easter recess motion speech on the problem of a gravel pit in Bungay, Suffolk and the Essex and Suffolk Water Company.

Easter recess motion speech on the problem of a gravel pit in Bungay, Suffolk and the Essex and Suffolk Water Company.