asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to issue a circular to local authorities concerning their arrangements for publicising and making available to the public lists of planning applications received by them.

The circular is in draft and will include, among other matters, firmer guidance about the notification of planning applications to parish councils, on the lines indicated in my reply of 24th January to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Winchester (Rear Admiral Morgan-Giles). I hope that it will issue shortly.—[Vol. 839, c.339.]