Orders of the Day — Urban Development Corporations (Financial Limits) Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 7:21 pm on 4 November 1987.

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Photo of Mr Nigel Spearing Mr Nigel Spearing , Newham South 7:21, 4 November 1987

As half my constituency is in docklands, will the hon. Gentleman kindly withdraw the remark or at least suspend it until I have been shown the facts? It is not true to say that docklands was totally derelict. A lot of it was Port of London Authority dockland which was abandoned, but it was not derelict.