§ 48. Mr. Hamlingasked the President of the Board of Trade what further steps he is taking to encourage industry and Government Departments to locate their offices outside central London.
§ Mr. JayThe Control of Office and Industrial Development Bill is now on its way through Parliament. This will give the Government substantial additional powers. Questions about the location of Government Departments should be addressed to my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer; but it is the Government's policy to press forward with dispersal from London wherever practicable.
§ 49. Sir T. Beamishasked the President of the Board of Trade what representations have been received from the East Sussex County Council and the Burgess Hill Urban District Council about the drafting of the Schedules to the Control of Office and Industrial Development Bill.
§ Mr. DarlingMy right hon. Friend has received representations from these authorities that Burgess Hill and Cuckfield should be excluded from the Schedule to the Bill.