§ Mr. Rootsasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether he has yet appointed the town clerks who are to hold the conferences on his behalf on the pattern of the new London boroughs.
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§ Mr. RipponThe town clerks of Cheltenham, Oxford, Plymouth and South Shields have agreed to conduct these conferences and my right hon. Friend has every hope that their councils will release them. He is most grateful to them for their willingness to undertake this important task. They will make recommendations to him about the way boroughs should be grouped within a boundary for Greater London which my right hon. Friend will settle after conducting separate discussions with authorities for peripheral areas.