§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will make a statement on the progress of the Land Authority for Wales since 11 May 1983.
§ Mr. John Stradling ThomasDuring 1983–84 the Land Authority acquired about 65 hectares (161 acres) of land and disposed of about 73 hectares (180 acres) for residential, industrial and commercial purposes. Its land bank consists of about 435 hectares (1,076 acres). About £4.73 million was spent on acquisition of land and provision of infrastructure, and income was about £6.28 million. In the past year the authority has published reviews of its housing land availability studies for the counties of South Glamorgan, Gwent and Clwyd.