§ 85. Mr. Wellbelovedasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what was the date of the first approach by the Greater London Council to his Department in respect of the development of Woolwich/Erith marshes; how many meetings have taken place between officials of his Department and officials of the Greater London Council in connection with the proposed development of this land; and on what dates these meetings took place.
§ Mr. SkeffingtonAn offer to the London County Council of surplus Government land at Woolwich was announced in Parliament on 4th December 1963. An interdepartmental group of officials, under Ministry of Housing and Local Government chairmanship, was set up and in 1965 this group was enlarged to include officials of the Greater London Council and the Greenwich, and Bexley, London Borough Councils. It has met on twelve occasions, but not since the public local inquiry in October 1967 into the Greater London Council's Thames-mead scheme. I am sending my hon. Friend a list of dates of these meetings. Additionally, there have been the usualad hoc meetings between officials on detailed aspects of the scheme.