§ Mr. Miscampbellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the percentage of derelict land in Blackpool.
§ Mr. MarksLocal authority returns made for the 1974 Survey of Derelict and Despoiled Land showed that on 31st March 1974 0.97 per cent. of land in Blackpool was derelict.
§ Mr. Maurice Macmillanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will request the public utilities and nationalised industries to draw up a register of the derelict land each owns at the earliest convenient time and to investigate ways of either speedily divesting themselves of this land or putting it to a productive use.
§ Mr. ShoreI have already invited the chairmen of most of the nationalised industries and public utilities to review their holdings of vacant and underused land in the partnership authority areas to determine which sites can be released for development or put to other use. We consider it important to concentrate efforts in these areas, where the problems are most serious.