§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he has received the communication from the hon. Member for West Ham, North giving prime facie evidence that some property companies are using a legal loophole in the law regarding the obtaining of improvement grants; and whether he will introduce legislation to deal with this anomaly.
§ Mr. ChannonMy right hon. Friend has received the extract from a local newspaper sent to him by the hon. Member which implies a defect in the present legislation. The restrictive conditions referred to were, however, omitted as a matter of policy from the 1969 legislation. My right hon. Friend has no proposals for their reintroduction.