§ 32. Mr. Eric Fletcherasked the Minister of Town and Country Planning what economies in the staff of his Department and of local authorities can be expected as a result of the relaxation of controls which he announced on 10th May.
§ Mr. DaltonThis remains to be seen.
§ Mr. FletcherDoes that mean that all the appropriate economies will be made?
§ Mr. DaltonIt remains to be seen how far local authorities—whose staffs I do not, of course, directly control—will be able to save staff. I hope they will because, in my opinion, they have been using staff on trivialities to a considerable extent in the area that has been cleared by my Order. So far as my own staff is concerned, the saving I can hope for will be in respect of having fewer appeals against local authority planning decisions.