§ Lord Orr-Ewingasked Her Majety's Government:
Whether they will state the date on which Peterborough Development Corporation is to be wound up.
§ The Minister of State, Department of the Environment (Lord Belstead)On 11th June 1986 my honourable friend the Member for Surbiton announced that 30th September 1988 had been set as the target wind-up date for the corporation (Vol. 99, col. 180). Consultations under Section 41 of the New Towns Act 1981 with Cambridgeshire County and Peterborough City Councils have been undertaken, and my right honourable friend the Secretary of State has considered the responses received. Having taken these into account, my right honourable friend confirms his intention to wind up Peterborough Development Corporation on 30th September 1988. The necessary order will be made next year.