Mr. De la Bèreasked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether, arising out of the Interim Report of the New Towns Committee, he will give an assurance that he will, as far as practicable, confine major expansion to larger and more industrialised towns since small towns are generally dependent for their existence on the surrounding country area.
§ Mr. Silkin:The extent to which it is practicable to make major expansions of the larger and more industrialised towns is dependent on a number of complex factors such as transport, public utility services, and employment needs. Accordingly it is not practicable to confine major extensions altogether to towns of this kind.