§ Mr. Kelleyasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government in how 88W many cases he has refused to provide funds to remove pit tips because he was unable to approve of the use to which the reclaimed land was to be put.
§ Mr. SkeffingtonMy right hon. Friend is not aware of any case where grant has been refused for the reason my hon. Friend states, though he would not pay grant generally for the expensive operation of removing a pit heap, as distinct from grassing it over or landscaping it, unless the land was to be used for a purpose that justified the expense.