next to Victor Scott School in Pembroke, the House of Assembly heard on Friday.

Shadow Health and Social Services Minister Mr. Nelson Bascome said lessons were being disturbed by the trundling of trucks.

The field is being composted before it is turned into parkland along with the nearby Pembroke Dump, which is earmarked for closure.

Mr. Bascome, speaking during the motion to adjourn at the House of Assembly's first sitting, said the field had once been dubbed "the desert.'' But it was now being turned into a dumping ground.

"We are right into the school season, and the movement of vehicles is an irritant.'' Mr. Bascome questioned why Works and Engineering had not completed the grading of the field before children returned to school.

"There should have been some consciousness of the time-frame,'' he said.

Mr. Bascome also criticised the painting of yellow lines outside two restaurants in Glebe Road, Pemroke.

Police were not ticketing customers to the Yardie Kitchen and Ford's New World Bakery, he claimed.

He added residents along the road were also badly affected by lack of parking spaces.

Meanwhile, environmentalist Mr. Stuart Hayward MP praised the Works and Engineering Ministry for its used household battery collection service.

But he asked the Minister the Hon. Clarence Terceira which stores the public were being asked to take their batteries to.

"I want the Minister to let us know if there is going to be some sort of effort to keep track of collection,'' he said.

Mr. Hayward also congratulated the department for its recycling collection scheme.

But he expressed concern over the awarding of a contract for the service.

Government had declared it would be awarded to the lowest bidder, he said.

The Tynes Bay incinerator project had also been granted to the lowest bidder -- but this had led to problems, he added.

Mr. Hayward said a summer strike at the incinerator site stemmed from workers' protests over low wages.

Wages had been depressed to compensate for the low bid for the contract.

Mr. Hayward turned his focus on the proposed once-a-week household garbage collection.

He asked what measures would be taken to help residents who did not leave their trash out on the proper day.

Mr. Hayward raise fears of rotting garbage -- particularly in the period immediately after the once-a-week service was brought in.

Speaker the Hon. David Wilkinson told Mr. Hayward he was flouting parliamentary procedures by questioning Dr. Terceira.

The questions should be submitted in writing.

After the House adjourned until next Friday, Dr. Terceira declined to comment on Mr. Hayward's questions.