§ 33. Mr. Keelingasked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether he is aware that although the Lord Chancellor, during the Debate on the Town and Country Planning Bill, 1944, promised publication from time to time of the lists of buildings of special architectural or historical interest compiled under Section 42 of that Act, none of the lists has yet been published, not even those issued over a year ago; and whether he will make a statement on this matter.
§ Mr. SilkinI am considering what can be done about publication and hope to make a statement shortly. I am advised that the statutory lists giving only the addresses of the buildings and the names of the owner and occupier would not be of great value to the general public, and that the publication of lists giving more information about the buildings would be a heavy task whose preparation might seriously delay the completion of the lists themselves.
In the meantime, provisional lists of the fuller type I have in mind are supplied to interested societies. The number of these provisional lists available is 184, and another 248 are being finally checked. I am arranging also to make statutory lists available to the local Press at the same time as they are deposited with the local authorities.