§ Colonel Wedgwoodasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the Chertsey Council, Surrey, has been offered a site in Stepgates Road for the erection of public buildings at a price of £1,000, but as the council considered this was too much they decided to seek compulsory powers; whether the land has since been acquired under compulsory powers; if so, at what price; what is its area; and what was the rateable value of the land when last occupied?
§ Mr. BernaysI am informed that some two acres of land were offered to the council at the price stated for a pumping station, but that the area was too large for their requirements. The owner subsequently agreed to sell an area of approximately one-sixth of an acre at a price of £320. Before its acquisition by the council the land was agricultural, and therefore derated.