§ 60. Mr. Dudley Smithasked the President of the Board of Trade when he expects to introduce the Bill to give effect to the control of office building in the Greater London area; and if he will give a date when applications for permits can be considered.
§ Mr. JayWe expect to introduce the Bill before the Recess. I intend to announce as soon as possible when applications for office development permits can be considered.
§ 64. Mr. Boyd-Carpenterasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the fact that it is required to accommodate 70 office workers to be transferred from Central London, and that planning permission has been given, he will now authorise work at present held up for the construction of office premises at a factory in the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames, particulars of which have been sent him by the right hon. Member for Kingston-upon-Thames, to go ahead.
§ Mr. JayNo. I will reply shortly to the right hon. Member's letter of 9th December about this project.
§ 65. Mr. Boyd-Carpenterasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will now authorise the construction of offices alongside a warehouse on land leased at Crawley by a Kingston firm to replace premises in Kingston required by the Postmaster-General, particulars of which have been sent to him by the right hon. Member for Kingston-upon- 114W Thames, and in respect of which planing permission has been obtained.
§ Mr. JayNo. In accordance with the Government's proposals of 4th November, an office development permit will be needed for new office premises in Crawley of 2,500 square feet or over unless planning permission was granted before 5th November.