Oral Answers to Questions — Local Government – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 4 July 1963.
Mr. J. Wells:
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what steps he is taking to help local authorities who wish to have yacht marinas in their areas; and what advice he has given to planning authorities.
Mr Frederick Corfield
, Gloucestershire South
My right hon. Friend has as yet received no proposals from any local authority to provide a yacht marina itself, and he has no reason to suppose that planning authorities need any advice from him on the subject.
Mr. Wells:
Will my hon. Friend bear in mind that many people who are interested in leisure and sailing in all its forms throughout the country, including the Midland area, on occasion find that local authorities at the seaside are somewhat unco-operative? Will he look into this matter closely at all times?
Mr Frederick Corfield
, Gloucestershire South
I can only assure my hon. Friend that as and when applications for planning permission come forward they will be considered on their merits in the same way as any other applications.
Mr Michael Maitland Stewart
, Fulham
In this connection will the Minister bear in mind the letter I have written to him recently about the proposal of the Middlesex authority for a marina—a proposal which is jeopardised by his intention to allow the land in question to be used, instead, by St. Paul's School?
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