HC Deb 26 November 1963 vol 685 cc45-6
2. Mr. Swingler

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will now set a time limit to the study of the future use of the site of the former Royal Ordnance Factory at Swynnerton in Staffordshire.

The Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (Mr. F. V. Corfield)

No Sir, but my right hon. Friend hopes that it may be possible to make a statement very soon indeed.

Mr. Swingler

Is the hon. Gentleman aware of the amazing patience of the citizens of Staffordshire in having put up for years with this procrastinating bureaucracy in respect of this particular site? I think we have had from the Minister himself "soon" or "shortly". May we have a definition of "very soon"—a month or two months?

Mr. Corfield

Within two months, certainly.