SITING OF MOBILE TELEPHONE MASTS

Early day motion 296A1, tabled 7 February 2001 by Derek Wyatt (Labour). Signed by 32 members.

At end add '; and further notes that it makes no sense for the four different second generation mobile companies to seek four separate, different planning requests in each and every constituency; notes, moreover, that this will be further compounded by the five new third generation owners who will need new sites as well; and calls on the Department for Trade and Industry and the Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in the spirit of joined-up government, to issue new planning guidelines that ensure no masts are built within 100 metres of the nearest house.'.

Signatures by party: Labour 23, Liberal Democrat 7, Labour/Co-operative 1, UUP 1.