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40.
Mr. Guy Barnett
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if local authorities will be permitted to purchase assets in their areas which are to be disposed of by new town development corporations.
Mr. Stanley
The disposal of new town assets helps to reduce the public sector borrowing requirement. This would not be achieved if the assets were purchased by local authorities, and we would not normally favour such sales.