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Mr. Peyton: None. The Instrument has not yet been adopted.
Mr. Oakes asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he proposes to introduce legislation in the United King- dom in accordance with the community regulations as to collapsible steering wheels as laid down in Instrument R/ 1980/72 of the EEC; and, if so, when.
Mr. Peyton: The question of legislation in this connection will not arise until or unless the directive has been adopted.
Mr. Oakes asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what tests have been undertaken by the Road Research Laboratory on the effectiveness of the safety legislation laid down in Instrument R/1980/72 of the EEC.
Mr. Peyton: This directive is a draft which is not yet in operation. However, similar standards have been mandatory on new cars in this country for the past year. The Transport and Road Research Laboratory is actively monitoring their effectiveness. It is too early to show results.
Maplin
Mr. Oakes asked the Secretary of State for the Environment why he has delayed the publication of the consultative docu- ment on the road and rail links to the proposed Maplin development until 23rd July and within what time local autho- rities, amenity associations and members of
the public must submit their representations.
Mr. Rippon: I have not delayed the publication of the consultation document on the access corridors to Maplin : they are being issued immediately they have been printed. I have asked local autho- rities, other public bodies and members of the public to let me have their views on the proposals by 12th October 1973.
National Parks (Quarries)
Mr. Ting asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set up an inquiry to investigate supply and demand in relation to quarrying resources with the object of decreasing quarrying within the national park.
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Mr. Graham Page: I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a simi- lar Question from the hon. Member for Doncaster (Mr. Harold Walker) on 13th July. [Vol. 859, c. 449.]
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Retrospective Legislation
Mr. Skeet asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the number of times and the statutes in which retrospection has been authorised in Acts originating in his Department which have received the Royal Assent in the past three years.
Mr. Anthony Royle: Section 1 of the Sri Lanka Republic Act 1972, Section 1 of the Sierra Leone Republic Act 1972, and Section 3(4)(a) and Section 4(2) of the Overseas Pensions Act 1973 contain provisions of retrospective effect.
Hong Kong
(Blair-Kerr Commission)
Mr. James Johnson asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when it is his intention to make public the findings of the Blair-Kerr Commission upon corruption in Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Authony Royle: The first report of Sir Alistair Blair-Kerr's Commission dealing with the circumstances under which Mr. Godber was able to leave Hong Kong will be published by the Governor of Hong Kong on 26th July, The second part of the commission's terms of reference is to report on the effectiveness of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance. Work on this has begun.
Parking Offences (Diplomatic Immunity)
Sir J. Rodgers asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Aftairs if he will give a list of all the countries that provide reciprocal arrange- ments whereby British diplomats serving overseas can claim immunity over parking offences; and whether his Department has issued any instructions to British diplomats serving abroad that they should not utilise this privilege, but pay fines as would the citizens of the countries concerned.
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