§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his latest estimate of the number of second homes and holiday homes in the county of Gwynedd.
§ Mr. Wyn Roberts13,000, excluding caravans, for which no estimate is available.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the community council areas in Gwynedd in which the proportion of dwelling stock used as second or holiday homes exceeds 20 per cent.; and if he will indicate that proportion which corresponds to each of these areas.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsFigures for community council areas are not available. Figures for districts have today been published in table 49 of the report on the Welsh "Housing and Dwelling Survey", a copy of which is available in the Library.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales what representations he has received from which local authorities in Gwynedd concerning the need for further steps to be taken by the Government to enable local planning and housing authorities to deal with problems relating to second homes; what proposals have been put to him in relation to this matter; and what response he has given to those proposals.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsA joint memorandum from Gwynedd county council and four of the five district councils in Gwynedd was received on 25 March. It proposes changes in housing, planning and rating legislation. Receipt of the memorandum has been acknowledged and it will be given consideration.
456Whave any implication for the extension of Community competence where it does not already exist. When the 1976 decision was recently reaffirmed, the Commission confirmed at our request that the United Kingdom statement was part of that decision.