§ Mr. Bestasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the names of new town corporations, and, against each one, state whether it has achieved its population target.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergNone of the English new towns under development corporations has reached its population targets. A list of the English new towns under development corporations can be found in House of Commons Paper 289 of Session 1979–80. Four Eng-198W lish new towns are under the Commission for the New Towns—Crawley, Hatfield, Hemel Hempstead, Welwyn Garden City; of these only Crawley has reached its original target.