§ 25. Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Wales when he expects to publish his review of land reclamation finance in Wales; and if he will make a staement.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasMy review is substantially complete and I regret that I shall be unable to allow any general easing of the situation between now and the end of the financial year. Exceptionally,232W however, I have recently approved expenditure of the order of £800,000 on a number of important schemes, and the local authorities concerned have already been informed.
§ Mr. Goronwy Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many schemes of reclamation of derelict land have been completed to date; and how many have been approved for future action, in each county and county borough in Wales, as defined before the Local Government Act 1972.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasThe following list shows the schemes which have been formally aproved from 1967 to date. The majority of these have been completed.
I will invite local authorities to assist in drawing up a programme for future years.
Number of schemes Hectares Anglesey — — Breconshire 11 181.31 Caernarvonshire 8 45.24 Cardiganshire — — Carmarthenshire 22 126.96 Denbighshire 8 107.94 Flintshire 3 11.42 Glamorgan 63 756.22 Merioneth — — Monmouthshire 85 933.15 Montgomeryshire 1 0.20 Pembrokeshire 5 65.82 Radnorshire — — Cardiff C.B.C. 1 0.20 Newport C.B.C. — — Swansea C.B.C. 12 230.16 Merthyr Tydfil C.B.C. 5 41.59 224 2,500.29