§ Q7. Mr. Boyd-Carpenterasked the Prime Minister if he will appoint a Minister to co-ordinate the work of the Minister of Housing and Local Government and the Minister of Land and Natural Resources.
§ The Prime MinisterNo, Sir.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterOne appreciates that any such appointment would necessarily be of very brief duration, but cannot the right hon. Gentleman do some- 1488 thing to remedy the absurdity under which, at the same time, the Minister of Housing and Local Government restricts local authorities from saving money by buying land in advance and the Minister of Land and Natural Resources proposes to hand out £45 million for that purpose to the Land Commission?
§ The Prime MinisterI agree that there are problems of allocation between these two Departments and the Ministry of Public Building and Works which, in certain respects, were made worse by decisions taken, in good faith, in summer, 1964. I am looking at the need for closer co-ordination but the point put by the right hon. Gentleman is not a problem.