§ Mr. Dodsworthasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his policy concerning the making of compulsory purchase orders on land needed for a road scheme which was published some years previously and is liable to be redesigned to form part of a later scheme.
§ Mr. MarksA compulsory purchase order is not made until the land requirements of the road scheme have been determined. If for any reason the total land requirement were reduced after publication of a draft order, the surplus land would not be included in the made order. For any additional land, a supplementary compulsory purchase order would be required if the land could not be acquired by agreement with the landowners.