Mr. Wellsasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report, in his capacity as trustee for Greenwich Hospital, a similar reply in respect of Greenwich Market to that given in the Official Report, 4th May, columns 268–9, by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in respect of the Nine Elms (New Covent Garden) Market.
§ Mr. DuffyThe rights and obligations of the Secretary of State in regard to Greenwich Market are limited to the holding of the market and the regulation of the conduct of business carried on there. No information is therefore available about the volume or value of the business transacted. Expenditure on maintenance, repair and renewals of the market area during the year ending 25th136W March 1978, the most recent period for which the figures are readily available, was £5,214.08. These costs are recovered from the market traders. The tolls, rents, etc. paid during the same period by the traders for the use of the market place are based on those prescribed in the Greenwich Markets Act 1849, so far as they remain appropriate and amounted to £335.40.