§ 53. Mr. Shinwellasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs how many objectors have indicated their opposition to the proposals of the Durham County Council planning committee relating to the Easington area; when the inquiry will take place; and to what extent it is now the policy of his Department to prevent the Easington Rural District Council from building houses outside the new town of Peterlee so that those people who have no desire to live in Peterlee may be provided with accommodation elsewhere.
§ Mr. H. BrookeThere have been 212 objections to the Easington town map and six petitions from residents in South Hetton and Haswell. The inquiry has been arranged for 14th September. The extent to which houses should be built 25W elsewhere than at Peterlee is one of the main questions arising on the town map, and I cannot therefore express an opinion until I have received and considered the report of the inquiry.