HC Deb 26 July 1982 vol 28 c414W
Mr. Newens

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will ask National Building Agency Building Performance Services Ltd. to re-examine its report on a claim made by Harlow district council under section 51 of the New Towns Act 1981 for a grant towards the replacement of a district heating scheme at Brockles Mead, Harlow, which dismisses the claim as inadmissible under the established criteria, in view of the fact that the defects in the heating system demonstrated in the consultant's report submitted to it revealed serious deficiencies in the design of the existing system; and if he will make a statement.

Sir George Young

No.

Mr. Newens

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the correspondence Ministers in his Department have had with Mr. Jerry Hayes of Harlow, concerning the proposal of Harlow district council to replace the district heating scheme at Brockles Mead, Harlow.

Sir George Young

No; the hon. Member already has an extract from our letter of 26 May 1981 to Mr. Hayes, which set out the position.