§ 36. Mr. Mayhewasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs on what grounds he declined to allow a compulsory purchase order for the London County Council for the site of Messrs. Elton Levy's factory, Harrow Manorway, Abbey Wood, S.E.2, when the Abbey Wood estate was being planned.
§ Mr. CorfieldMy right hon. Friend's predecessor declined to authorise the compulsory purchase of this factory in 1956 because he considered that there was no justification for using the powers of compulsory acquisition in the Housing Acts simply to obtain an adjustment of the boundary of the factory site. I am sending the hon. Member a copy of the decision letter.