§ 33. Mr. Rankinasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will revoke the planning permission granted to Littlewood's Mail Order Stores Limited to erect a 14-storey building on ground between Miller Street and Queen Street, Glasgow.
§ Mr. J. StuartThe site of the proposed building which has, I understand, been approved by the Corporation of Glasgow as planning authority, is in an area zoned for commercial purposes in the Corporation's approved development plan. Any question of modifying the development plan, or revoking the permission already given, is a matter in the first instance for the corporation.
§ Mr. RankinIs the Secretary of State aware that this firm has abandoned this project because it is alarmed at the effect of the Government's credit squeeze on the spending power of the housewives? Will the right hon. Gentleman convey that view to the Chancellor of the Exchequer? If the site has now been permanently abandoned, what is to happen to the steel which has been allocated to the building?
§ Mr. StuartI am not aware of the details on that point, but I could, no doubt, obtain the necessary information and give it to the hon. Gentleman.