§ 4. Mr. E. Granvilleasked the Secretary of State for Air what price is being paid for land for the Heathrow aerodrome, which is to be a civil airport for London; if he will publish a list of the holders; and how long the land has been in their possession.
§ Sir A. SinclairIt would not be in the public interest, pending completion of the numerous purchases to be made at Heathrow, to state what prices are being paid for the land. Negotiations ale, however, on the basis of 1939 values as modified in favour of owner-occupiers by the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act for compulsory purchases. The land is divided between thirty-five ownerships, particulars of which I am sending to the hon. Member. I have no information as to the various periods during which the land has been in those ownerships.