HC Deb 16 February 1971 vol 811 cc431-2W
Mr. McCrindle

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what criteria, in terms of residence in a new town, he applies when appointing members of a development corporation board.

Mr. Amery

Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 of the New Towns Act, 1965 requires that, in appointing members of a development corporation, I should have regard to the desirability of securing the services of one or more persons resident in or having special knowledge of the locality in which the new town will be situated. In practice at least one member of each Development Corporation is resident in the area of the new town.