§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, in view of the land exempted from public acquisition during the transition period, he will state approximately how many acres of land he expects to be publicly acquired at current use value or after development land tax by the end of that period.
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§ Mr. John SilkinThis will vary from area to area depending on the speed with which authorities are able to build up their programmes. But from the start land amounting to over 20,000 acres per annum for local authorities' own use will of course be bought net of development land tax.