HC Deb 16 February 1972 vol 831 cc105-6W
85. Mr. Evelyn King

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment why he approved those parts of a draft management scheme for a garden city which enabled the New Town Commission to retain the power, in respect of owner-occupied property, to approve the colour of the paint to be used, the power to compel owners to admit officials into their homes and other powers, which planning law does not concede in respect of houses elsewhere in the country.

Mr. Graham Page

The Leasehold Reform Act, 1967, requires management schemes to be approved by the High Court. The rôle of my right hon. Friend is limited to granting certificates where he finds aprima facie case for a scheme.