HC Deb 27 July 1964 vol 699 c208W
Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether the priority he has indicated for the large new development schemes mentioned in the South-East Survey will channel population and industrial investment away from such smaller but growing towns as Bury St. Edmunds and Newmarket; and whether he will further state his policy towards the expansion plans of East Anglian towns not specifically included in the South-East Survey.

Mr. Corfield

Towns with existing schemes for reception of population under the Town Development Act, 1952, already have priority for reception of employment which is tied to the South-East and cannot go to a development district. This will continue until the schemes are completed. In consultations on the South-East Study certain local planning authorities in East Anglia have represented that there should be further expansion schemes for their towns. The Government have not yet reached a decision on these representations, but they are being considered together with all other representations made on the South-East Study.