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Mr. Woodhouse
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will seek to introduce an annual tax on undeveloped land for which planning permission has already been granted, in order to discourage speculative hoarding.
| GROSS OFFICIAL | |||||||||
| GNP PER CAPITA | BILATERAL ECONOMIC AID | MULTILATERAL FLOWS | |||||||
| millions US dollars | millions US dollars | ||||||||
| GNP per capita US$ | IBRD | 1FC | IDA | UN | |||||
| 1969 | 1970 | 1968 | 1968 | 1968 | 1969 | ||||
| Africa—North of Sahara | |||||||||
| Algeria | … | … | … | 260 | 0·074 | CR 6·77 | — | — | 7·39 |
| Libya | … | … | … | 1,510 | 0·012 | CR 4·00 | — | — | 1·05 |
| Morocco | … | … | … | 190 | 0·037 | 9·21 | CR 0·60 | 1·10 | 3·71 |
| Tunisia | … | … | … | 230 | 0·174 | 5·03 | CR 0·30 | 3·63 | 4·94 |
| ARE (Egypt) | … | … | 160 | 0·808 | CR 4·00 | — | — | 9·33 | |
| Total | … | … | … | 1·107 | CR 0·53 | CR 0·90 | 4·73 | 26·42 | |
| Africa—South of Sahara | |||||||||
| Angola | … | … | … | 210 | — | ||||
| Botswana | … | … | … | less than 100 | 6·707 | — | — | CR 0·01 | 1·13 |
| Burundi | … | … | … | less than 100 | 0·002 | CR 0·26 | — | 0·40 | 1·73 |
| Cameroon | … | … | … | 150 | 0·820 | 0·03 | — | 2·23 | 1·52 |
| Cape Verde Is. | … | … | 120 | — | |||||
| Central African Rep. | … | 130 | 0·059 | — | — | — | 1·29 | ||
| Ceuta and Melilla | … | 320 | — | ||||||
| Chad | … | … | … | less than 100 | 0·082 | — | — | — | 0·69 |
| Comoro Is. | … | … | 130 | — | — | — | — | *0·06 | |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | … | 220 | 0·007 | 15·00 | — | — | 1·28 | ||
| Dahomey | … | … | … | less than 100 | 0·047 | — | — | — | 1·22 |
| Ethiopia | … | … | … | less than 100 | 1·106 | 0·92 | 3·50 | 4·15 | 3·06 |
| Gabon | … | … | … | 320 | 0·033 | CR 3·19 | — | — | 1·65 |
| Gambia | … | … | … | 110 | 0·959 | — | — | — | 0·21 |
Mr. Patrick Jenkin
The Government's policy for securing the release of land for housing was stated in an answer by my hon. Friend the Minister for Local Government and Development on 8th December, 1971. I am not convinced that the results of a tax of the sort suggested in the Question would justify the considerable valuation and administrative problems it would involve.—[Vol. 827, c. 1287–8.]