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5.14.1 On Government making available sufficient

land for the purpose. The Working Group

5.14.2

considered, on the basis of its present

performance, that at least for the next

few years it would be necessary for Govern--

ment to adopt the production of sufficient

land for disposal to holders of exchange

entitlements as one of its high priority

targets. In the circumstances of the

present review, this could not be left to

take second or third place to the develop-

ment objectives of the new urban developments.

However, there was no reason why the

acceptance of such targets should

significantly impair Government efforts

towards its other targets.

On reasonable pressure being put on

landowners to take up the exchange offers

made to them. In this context the Working

Group considered the possibility of setting

a time limit on the validity of "exchange

offers" made in the letters of offers to

the owners of land affected by resumptions.

It concluded, however, that a fixed limit

of so many years may well be unacceptable

for the time being, as

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