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Dr. Whitehead
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what appraisal he has made of the environmental consequences of the development of home delivery and home ordering of retail household goods. [78847]
Ms Glenda Jackson
In our document "Sustainable Distribution: A Strategy", published on 2 March 1999, we stated that we would commission research into the long term implications of home shopping and its variants on our integrated transport policy in general and for planning and transport services in particular. This would cover environmental impacts.