§ 72. Mr. VAUGHANasked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that 50 county, county borough, and other councils have expressed their desire that county councils and other public authorities should be granted compulsory powers to purchase land required for, and land lying alongside, public improvements at a purchase price calculated upon the basis of the value of the land before it is increased by reason of actual or prospective public expenditure; and whether he proposes to give effect to these proposals in connection with road unemployment schemes?
§ Mr. HERBERT MORRISONRepresentations have been received by my Department on this subject from certain local authorities. The question of the acquisition of additional land for purposes of recoupment, in connection with works of improvement carried out by local authorities, is being carefully considered.