§ 83. Mr. Dudley Smithasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will now state his policy towards the review by local planning authorities of development in the Green Belt surrounding the Greater London area.
§ Mr. CrossmanThe local planning authorities are reviewing the approved green belt to see whether any land which contributes little of value to the purposes of the belt can be released for housing; and they should also be re-examining their proposals for extending the green belt in the light of the likely population growth. I am looking to them to make a constructive and realistic approach to these tasks, bearing in mind the pressing need to provide more land for housing.