§ Mr. Michael McGuireasked the Secretary of State for the Environment which divisions of his Department it is now proposed to disperse to Merseyside under the Hardman proposals, giving details of the numbers involved and the time phasing of such transfers; and, in cases where a decision to disperse a particular section or sections to the Merseyside area has been agreed in principle but no decision taken on the recipient town or district, if he will seriously consider the claim of Skelmersdale New Town.
§ Mr. John SilkinThe dispersal locations for my Department under the programme announced in Parliament in July 39W 1974 are Bristol and Teeside, and planning of these moves is in hand. No dispersal to Merseyside is proposed for my Department.