HC Deb 06 March 1963 vol 673 c61W
103. Mr. Millan

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will make 100 per cent. grants under the Local Employment Act, 1960, to local authorities who initiate schemes for the improvement of derelict land or of basic services in response to the appeal made by Her Majesty's Government that such schemes costing up to £15,000 each should be introduced as a means of alleviating unemployment.

Mr. Noble

In consultation with my right hon. Friends the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Minister of Housing and Local Government, I am reviewing the rate of grant for clearance of derelict sites. I have no reason to think that the rates of grant for the improvement of basic services are inadequate.

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