§ Q2. Mr. Sillarsasked the Prime Minister if he will make an official visit to Wolverhampton.
§ Q10. Mr. John Fraserasked the Prime Minister if he will pay an official visit to Wolverhampton.
§ The Prime MinisterI have at present no plans to do so.
§ Mr. SillarsIs the Prime Minister aware of the recent statement by his right hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton, South-West (Mr. Powell) that the Prime Minister's speech to the United Nations represents a conversion to the view of his right hon. Friend on immigration and would he care to comment?
§ The Prime MinisterI read my right hon. Friend's speeches with care and interest. But the hon. Gentleman is mistaken in saying that my right hon. Friend alleged that my speech to the United Nations showed any change in policy on immigration. I think that my right hon. Friend was referring to that part of my speech dealing with the dangers of violence and civil war in other countries.
§ Mr. FraserDid the Prime Minister see the television confrontation of his right hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton, South-West? Will the Prime Minister say whether his reason for not going to Wolverhampton was, in the words of his right hon. Friend, that he was afraid of him, or that he was too busy in London cutting prices "at a stroke"?
§ The Prime MinisterI have in the past paid visits to Wolverhampton, but I have no plans to do so in the immediate future.
§ Mr. MontgomeryIs my right hon. Friend aware that on 18th June the electorate of Wolverhampton voted overwhelmingly for a Conservative Government, and that he would be very welcome there? Is my right hon. Friend further aware that Wolverhampton can manage very well on its own without interference from Scotland?