§ 15. Mr. OrmeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what actions have been taken in relation to city pride.
§ Sir George YoungThe partners in the three city pride cities, Birmingham, London and Manchester, have all formed partnerships to take forward the preparation of prospectuses for their areas and they are making good progress.
§ Mr. OrmeDoes the Minister agree that that is a competition of the poor versus the poor, instead of providing proper funding for inner-city areas such as Salford? Government policy is not working in that regard. We need more resources. What does the Minister intend to do about that?
§ Sir George YoungWe tried to get more resources on Monday night, and I am ashamed to say that the right hon. Gentleman again voted against more resources for my Department. The sum was £213 million, some of which would go to the urban programme. I invite the right hon. Gentleman to hear what Manchester city council said about city pride:
The City Council is determined to respond very positively to the Secretary of State's invitation.If Manchester—[HON. MEMBERS: "What about Salford?"] Salford is part of the committee involved in city pride. If Manchester city council can respond in that generous way, I hope that the right hon. Gentleman can do so as well.