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Asbestos (Schools) (25 Mar 2009)

Paul Rowen: ...to the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. He has a long history of campaigning—rightly, in my view—on asbestos-related diseases. I intend to cover that later in my remarks. A recent freedom of information survey conducted by the Manchester Evening News showed that 903 out of 1,043 schools in greater Manchester contained asbestos. Last Wednesday, the BBC revealed that 1,499...

Asbestos (Schools) (25 Mar 2009)

Paul Rowen: ...schools is not collected centrally. Local authorities are responsible for school buildings under their management."—[ Official Report, 7 July 2008; Vol. 478, c. 1412W.] It is also clear from freedom of information requests that I have submitted to local authorities across the country that in many cases they are not meeting their obligations. That cannot continue. The majority of...

Asbestos (Schools) (25 Mar 2009)

Paul Rowen: ...and its reporters, especially Mark Ellis, for exposing issues involving asbestos generally and asbestos in schools in particular; the Manchester Evening News and the Rochdale Observer for their freedom of information work on the number of schools with asbestos in Greater Manchester and Rochdale; and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers union, especially its general secretary Mary...

Contaminated Brownfield Sites (22 Nov 2005)

Paul Rowen: ...statement that he produced has not been released. When I spoke to him, he said that he was willing for it to be released, but neither the HSE nor the local authority are prepared to release it. The Freedom of Information Act 2000 applies to Government agencies, but it seems not to apply in this case. As the hon. Gentleman said, there is a great deal of concern about what is going on, given...

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