§ 2. Mr. Digbyasked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether he is now in a position to state the new policy in conformity with which joint planning authorities should prepare their new outline schemes.
§ Mr. F. MarshallNo, Sir; but my right hon. Friend hopes shortly to be in a position to issue a series of advisory handbooks to guide local planning authorities generally on the essential features of outline planning. In the meantime, our Regional Planning Officers are available to advise planning authorities on any immediate problems.
§ Mr. DigbyIs the Minister aware that the absence of this policy is making it very difficult to have a consistent policy throughout the country among planning authorities?
§ Mr. MarshallI hope we shall remedy that very shortly.