Commission for the New Towns

HC Deb 19 March 1997 vol 292 c601W

Mr. Amess

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the current remit of the Commission for the New Towns; and if he will make a statement. [20851]

Sir Paul Beresford

The current remit of the Commission for the New Towns is to continue disposing of the remaining new town land holdings and other assets at a rate consistent with maximising receipts and securing value for money, while also disengaging from its remaining liabilities in an orderly cost-effective manner.

The role of the commission after March 1998 was addressed in the reply given on 11 March 1997 by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Local Government, Housing and Urban Regeneration Official Report, columns 120–21.

Details of how the commission carried out its remit can be found in its annual report and accounts 1995–96, copies of which were laid before Parliament on 15 October 1996.