National Land Fund

HC Deb 23 November 1978 vol 958 cc710-1W

33. Mr. Blenkinsop

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make a statement on the future of the national land fund.

35. Mr. Bulmer

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will accept the recommendations of the Third Report of the Expenditure Committee in Session 1977–78 on the national land fund.

Mr. Joel Barnett

The recommendations on the future of the national land fund contained in the Third Report of the Expenditure Committee in Session 1977–78 are being given the most careful consideration by myself and my ministerial colleagues in all the interested Departments. This is a complex matter to which we attach great importance. It needs careful evaluation of the options open and we have not yet reached a decision.