§ Mr. Freesonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list those water authorities that own underdeveloped land identified as suitable for housing, stating the quantity of such land in each case, with existing infrastructure services sufficient to allow development to proceed;
(2) if he will list the local authorities that own underdeveloped land identified as suitable for housing, stating the quantity of such land in each case, with existing infrastructure services sufficient to allow development to proceed.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneThe registers of unused and underused public land in England contained on 1 July details of sites of 1 acre or more amounting to 110,500 acres, of which 63,300 were owned by local authorities and 2,700 by water authorities. About one sixth of the total acreage is estimated to consist of sites held for housing purposes or with planning indications for housing, but details could be supplied only at disproportionate cost. Other sites that cannot be identified from the information on the land registers as suitable for housebuilding, may prove to be so on detailed investigation.