asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all those bodies which submitted evidence to his review on local authority charges.

Comments were submitted by local authority associations, individual local authorities, professional bodies and organisations representing commerce, industry and other interests. I shall place a list of these bodies in the Library shortly.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the evidence given to his review on local authority charges.

I do not have the permission of those who submitted comments to publish their views.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all services included in the terms of reference of this review into local authority charges.

No service was excluded from the scope of the review.