§ 49. Mr. Maddanasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether the Stevenage Development Corporation has recommended to him that raising the population target for the New Town to 130/140,000, by expansion westwards of the A.1 M, would be desirable or advantageous.
§ Sir K. JosephWhat the corporation said was that expansion to 130,000 to 140,000 would be technically feasible, not too late to he successful, and economical. It added that, in its view, there would be a number of advantages in expansion to that size, but that expansion much beyond those figures would be detrimental.
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§ 50. Mr. Maddanasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether his department has, since the publication of the Stevenage Development Corporation Technical Appraisal in February, 1963, which suggested that expansion of the New Town should be kept eastwards of the A.600, considered expansion reaching westwards of this road.
§ Sir K. JosephOfficers of the Department concerned have looked at the possibilities of expansion in several directions around Stevenage as part of the examination of the report, and this included the land westwards of A.600:but I can assure my hon. Friend that if I do propose any expansion of the designated area—on which I have still not decided—it is most improbable that I shall propose taking it westwards of that road.