§ Mr. Sydney Chapmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will now make a statement on his policy regarding the Report of the Working Party on Public and Private Enterprise Partnership Schemes.
§ Mr. ChannonConsultations are now largely complete on the report of the Working Party on Local Authority/Private Enterprise Partnership Schemes. There has been a general welcome for its main conclusions. Circular 104/72 has already drawn the attention of local authorities to the scope under the existing law for partnership schemes on the lines recommended and, as announced in the White Paper "Widening the Choice: The Next Steps in Housing", the Government have now accepted the two principal recommendations in the report for legislation. These are, first, that local authorities should be empowered to form joint companies with private interests to assemble land for development and, secondly, that Section 52 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 should be amended so that agreements
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NUMBER OF OFFENCES OF CAUSING DEATH BY DANGEROUS DRIVING FOR WHICH OFFENDERS WERE DISQUALIFIED Year Number of findings of guilt Total Under 1 year 1 year and under 2 years 2 years and under 3 years 3 years and under 4 years 4 years and under 5 years 5 years and under 10 years 10 years and over Life Until driving test is passed 1967 … … 543 389 8 50 52 55 38 131 50 5 — 1968 … … 405 387 1 82 70 88 30 79 33 4 — 1969 … … 454 414 3 94 69 96 41 107 3 — 1 1970 … … 538 506 2 107 85 113 51 131 12 3 2 1971 … … 605 547 2 157 81 124 28 129 19 3 4 with developers under that section, which involve positive obligations such as contributions to costs of services, should be binding on successors in title. The necessary legislation will be introduced at an early opportunity.