HC Deb 23 January 1984 vol 52 cc402-3W
Mrs. Rumbold

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the possibility of allowing industrial and commercial development along the M25 on its completion.

Mr. Macfarlane

My right hon. Friend wrote last September to Lord Sandford, chairman of the Standing Conference on London and South East Regional Planning, seeking his views on a draft letter of guidance on the implications of the M25 for future development and land use planning policies. When he has received those views he proposes to finalise the guidance and he will then make a statement.