§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, further to his answer of 8 April to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby, Official Report, column 29, what progress NIREX has reached in consideration of compensation for home owners and local authorities for blight on value and development following the laying of the special development order.
§ Mr. WaldegraveSince 8 April NIREX has announced that where there is written evidence that house sales, which had been agreed prior to the sites' announcement on 25 February, have fallen through as a 191W result of the announcement, it will purchase the properties at the price agreed between the vendor and purchaser before the sale was called off. This applies to houses within the immediate areas of the four sites. This is in addition to NIREX's previous announcement that it intends to provide compensation for householders within one mile of the boundary of any eventually selected site, should that be necessary.