HC Deb 21 June 1967 vol 748 cc268-9W
28. Mr. Kirk

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will take steps to ensure that the new terms of compensation will apply to tenant farmers dispossessed as a result of the planned expansion of Stansted Airport.

Mr. John Mackie

As my right hon. Friend explained in the Answer he gave on 21st February to his hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham (Mr. Maxwell) the Government intend to introduce legislation on this subject as soon as possible and in the meantime Government Departments and other public authorities have been asked to have regard to the proposed new level of compensation, making use where appropriate of their discretionary powers.—[Vol. 741, c. 257–8.]