HC Deb 24 January 1949 vol 460 c80W
59. Major Bruce

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that work on the Portsmouth and District Survey and Plan has been seriously impeded, and its cost considerably increased by reason of the inadequacy in revision of the maps of all scales available covering Portsmouth and Gosport; and what steps does he propose to take to remedy the position.

Mr. T. Williams

I am aware that up-to-date Ordnance Survey maps are urgently required by local authorities. A resurvey of Portsmouth and Gosport at a scale of 50 inches to the mile is in hand, and about two-thirds of it has been completed. Publication of the new plans is proceeding as quickly as possible. A Provisional Edition of the six-inch sheets covering Portsmouth and Gosport was published by 1947.