To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many representations he has received following publication of the Carnwath report.

Ninety-six, from organisations arid individuals who responded to my Department's invitation to submit comments.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when the Government propose to introduce legislation to implement the proposals in the Carnwath report.

As soon as parliamentary time permits.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which recommendations of the Carnwath report the Government are prepared to accept.

The Government generally welcome the report's recommendations as a means of strengthening the present enforcement provisions in the Town and Country Planning Act 1971, subject to further detailed examination of the practical implications of some of the recommendations.