§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which urban development corporations have enterd into agreements with developers which require them to employ local labour.
§ Mr. Robin SquireNone. Although the use of local labour is encouraged, a contractual requirement specifying that local labour must be used would be in contravention of United Kingdom legislation, the treaty of Rome, and European Community works and supplies directives.
§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the occasions on which boards of urban development corporations have met in public.
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§ Mr. Robin SquireThe boards of the urban development corporations do not meet in public.
§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each urban development corporation the total amount of Government finance they have received since their inception.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe total amount of Government grant in aid the urban development corporations have received, up to 31 March 1992, is as follows.
£ million Birmingham Heartlands Nil Bristol 35.233 Black Country 141.643 Central Manchester 43.500 Leeds 39.038 London Docklands 1,347.500 Merseyside 291.386 Sheffield 49.725 Teesside 160.071 Trafford Park 91.581 Tyne and Wear 142.066
§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to require the boards of urban development corporations to meet in public.
§ Mr. Robin SquireWe have no plans to require the boards of the urban development corporations to meet in public. UDCs have the discretion to admit the public to discussions on land use planning matters and most choose to do so.