HC Deb 18 November 1965 vol 720 c1310
11. Mr. Murton

asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs whether he has completed his examination of the South-East Study; and what effect the conclusions he has reached will have on the growth of the population of Poole.

The Minister of State, Department of Economic Affairs (Mr. Austen Albu)

I would refer the hon. Member to the Answer my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary gave on 26th October to a Question by the hon. Member for Banbury (Mr. Marten).

Mr. Murton

Does the Minister realise that a whole year has now passed since he began his examination and the continual delay is holding up the review?

Mr. Albu

I understand the anxieties in Poole and we are certainly going to try to reach a final decision as soon as possible. In the meantime the hon. Gentleman may like to know that my right hon. Friend the Minister of Housing and Local Government is very ready to discuss, sympathetically, any problems that are worrying the local authorities.