HC Deb 08 November 1978 vol 957 c221W
36. Mr. MacGregor

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he is taking to follow up the recommendations of the second report of the development management working group on value for money in local authority house building programmes.

Mr. Freeson

Discussions have already been held at a meeting of the Housing Consultative Council on 23rd October to consider the Department's suggestions for next steps. They include ways of securing greater publicity for the report, arriving at ways to measure improvement in performance and for developing a programme of practical work to get improved performance. The Department also intends to revise existing advice to local authorities in the light of the working group's recommendations.