§ Mr. William Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Wales what steps his Department will take to encourage area improvement schemes under the Housing Act 1969; and whether his Department will undertake an examination of old slate mining areas such as Corris and Blaenau Ffestiniog to see whether area 288W improvement schemes could be undertaken.
§ Mr. George ThomasI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply which the Under-Secretary of State gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Monmouth (Mr. Anderson) on 25th November, 1969. There have been further meetings between my Department and local authorities, including Dolgellau Rural District Council. An official is to visit Blaenau Ffestiniog at the end of this month to meet the Ffestiniog Urban District Council on the same subject.—[Vol. 792, c. 174–5.]