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Trade and Industry - Tenth Report

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 27 March 2001.


CONTENTS


Terms of Reference

LIST OF WITNESSES

LIST OF MEMORANDA INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

LIST OF APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

LIST OF MEMORANDA RECEIVED BUT NOT PUBLISHED

TENTH REPORT

I INTRODUCTION

Context

Future requirement

Inquiry

16 March 2001 announcement

II TELECOMS MASTS AND PLANNING CONTROLS

1980s

Planning

1985 Order

PPG 8

1992: prior approval

1996: Code of Best Practice

1999: prior approval revised

Conclusion

III RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Science and Technology Committee Report

Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones

After the Stewart Report  

United Kingdom

General

Wales

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Diversity

IV THE ISSUES

The new regime

Main changes

Unanswered questions

Assessment

Extension of 56 days

Response from local authority

Incentives for mast sharing

Early consultation

Consultation with communities

Conclusion

Health and Safety

Existing base stations

New base stations

Consultation with health authorities

Radiation levels

Health as a material consideration

General

Recent cases

Test of necessity

Sharing

Current situation

New rules

Siting

Research

Existing masts  

Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA)

SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

GLOSSARY

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE REPORT

TRADE AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE REPORTS PARLIAMENT 1997-

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE


 
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