HC Deb 16 February 1981 vol 999 cc50-1W
Mr. Les Huckfield

asked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will make a statement on his reasons for refusal for derelict land clearance status for Nuneaton and Bedworth, in view of its unemployment situation.

Mr. MacGregor

I considered carefully the recent joint application from the Nuneaton and Bedworth district council and Warwickshire county council for the borough to be designated as a derelict land clearance area under the terms of the Local Employment Act 1972, but my conclusion was that the application did not meet the criteria set out in section 8(6) of the Act.