HC Deb 16 October 1969 vol 788 cc125-6W
48. Mr. Hall-Davis

asked the Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning if he will now give details of the additional expenditure on roads in selected areas and the proposals for the provision of new housing associated with industrial growth in connection with the Government's policy on the Hunt Committee's Report.

Mr. Crosland

I am considering the views of Economic Planning Councils about developmental roads in the intermediate areas. I will consider sympathetically proposals by local authorities for the provision of new housing associated with industrial growth.

49. Mr. J. H. Osborn

asked the Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning whether the Government propose to implement the Hunt Committee's recommendation that there should he industrial estates in selected growth zones in Yorkshire and Humberside and the North-West Region.

50. Mr. Fletcher-Cooke

asked the Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning, if he will request the North-West and Yorkshire-Humberside Economic Planning Councils to provide him with reports identifying the potential growth zones in their areas.

Mr. Crosland

As my right hon. Friend said in his statement on 24th April, the Government accept the Committee's view that industry in intermediate areas should be encouraged particularly in places which have real scope for growth. We are considering the views of the Economic Planning Councils concerned on suitable locations, and will take these views into account when, after legislation has come into force, we consider Government factory building in intermediate areas.