§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment which of the 33 London borough councils 130W have expressed concern to him about the resources they would have to devote to determining objections to the Greater London council's proposed alterations to the Greater London development plan.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneMy right hon. Friend has received 134 objections and representations to the proposed amendments to the GLDP. Of these, 31 were the initial responses of London boroughs and of the City of London. Boroughs generally were expecting to have to give further consideration to their responses, and in view of anxiety expressed informally to my Department, I am satisfied that further consideration would have caused a drain on authorities' resources during a period of preparation for taking on new responsibilities from April 1986, with little certainty of the process of adopting the amendments being completed before abolition of the GLC.