§ 42. Mr. GARDNERasked the Minister of Health if he is aware that Clause 29 (3) of the Regulations for the preparation of town-planning schemes, which requires that alterations in the scheme should be advertised and objections heard, has not been complied with by the 398 Hendon Rural District Council in the case of Stanmore; and if he will withhold his approval of the revised scheme until the residents who object to the erection of shops in a residential zone are given an opportunity of stating their case to the local authority?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of HEALTH (Sir Kingsley Wood)The Clause to which the hon. Member refers is one of the Model Clauses and has no application to schemes in course of preparation. In answer to the last part of the question I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given on Thursday last to questions by the hon. Members for Blackpool (Sir Walter de Frece) and Islington East (Mr. Tasker).
§ 51. Mr. GARDNERasked the Minister of Transport whether he has promised to make any grant from the Road Fund towards the widening of Church Road, Stanmore; and, if so, whether he will accompany such grant with a proviso that nothing shall be done to spoil the beauties of the village by the erection of shops on the village green?
§ The MINISTER of TRANSPORT (Colonel Ashley)My Department has not been consulted regarding the proposed widening of this road, and no application has been made to me for assistance from the Road Fund. Should any such application be made to my Department, I will bear in mind the points raised by the hon. Member but I have no jurisdiction over the type of buildings erected along road frontages.