HC Deb 18 April 1989 vol 151 cc75-6W
Mr. Heseltine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether the residual land on the depot site in the parish of Pyrton in Oxfordshire is surplus to the Crown's requirements; and what plans he has to return it to agricultural use.

Mr. Ridley

The depot site is surplus to the Crown's requirements. There are no plans to return it to agricultural use.

Mr. Heseltine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether the Property Services Agency will relinquish rights assumed in wartime over the depot site in Pyrton, Oxfordshire.

Mr. Ridley

No. Rights were not assumed in wartime. Records show that rights were established before the war when the buildings were erected.

Mr. Heseltine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will place in the Library copies of any documents held by(a) the Property Services Agency and (b) his Department, relating to the acquisition, planning status, construction, rating and occupancy of the depot site in the parish of Pyrton in the county of Oxfordshire which have not been released to the Public Record Office.

Mr. Ridley

I have arranged for copies of such documents to be placed in the Library.