2 is already evident for their fundamental proposals for stopping London's outward and unregulated sprawl, and for the organised decentralisation of some of its population and industry. 6. Firm conclusions as to the means by which these proposals can be implemented are fast becoming urgent, particularly in view of the necessity of carrying out a very extensive housing programme as soon as conditions permit. The Ministry of Town and Country Planning and the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with other Departments, have already gone a long way in agreeing sites for development in the first and second years after the war.