The Rt. Hon. Sir John Major KG CH

Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1990-1997

1979-1983 Parliament

Mr Major’s Written Question on Land Registers – 8 December 1982

Below is the text of Mr Major’s Parliamentary written question on Land Registers, published on 8th December 1982.


Mr. Major Asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish his latest estimate of, publicly owned vacant land identified by the land registers.

Sir William Elliott Asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many areas currently listed on the local authority register for England are currently in the ownership of statutory undertakings; and if he will express that figure as a percentage of the total number of areas recorded.

Mr. Giles Shaw I refer my hon. Friends to the reply I gave earlier today to my hon. Friends the Members for Ealing, North (Mr. Greenway) and Birmingham, Yardley (Mr. Bevan).