§ 24. Mr. Stokesasked the Minister of Health the area and the price of the land acquired under compulsory purchase order for the new London County Council housing estate at Oxhey; and the rateable value of that land previous to acquisition.
§ Mr. BevanThe total area of the Oxhey Estate is 921,275 acres. I am informed that the cost of acquisition was £1,406,000, and the total rateable value £1,187. Most of the land was agricultural, and therefore not rated.
§ Captain CrookshankWhat, 900,000?
§ Mr. StokesOn a point of Order. Before you call the next Question, Mr. Speaker, may I ask for your guidance on a point of procedure? In answering Question No. 24, the Minister in error multiplied the figures by a thousand and completely misled me. Later, in reply to a right hon. Gentleman on the other side, he gave a corrected figure. If he had given the correct figure in the first case, I would have liked to ask a supplementary question on it. May I do so now?
§ Mr. SpeakerWe have passed that Question now, and we must get on.