Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 3rd July 1974.
Is my right hon. Friend aware that that is a rather disappointing reply, because in my constituency we are dealing with a new town that is not designated under the New Towns Act? Because of the emergence of the new authorities, it means that democratically-elected representatives in that new town are prevented from taking part in discussions on the town's development.