§ Mr. Muddasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimate he has made of the effects of the abolition of the Land Commission and of the Betterment Levy.
§ Mr. Graham PageIt is too early to be specific but there are signs of a check in the rise of housing land prices and of an encouraging response to my request to local authorities to make more housing land available in planning terms. The disposal of the Commission's land holdings over the next few months will add to the supply of housing land. There has been a staff saving of some 850 civil servants formerly employed in the Land Commission.