§ 44. Mr. Hodgsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether the Government intend to introduce new policies for urban areas as a whole along the lines of the document "Policy for the Inner Cities", Command Paper No. 6845.
§ Mr. ShoreA large measure of priority will be given in the early years to the regeneration of the inner areas of the major cities, particularly those to whom partnerships are being offered. But as the White Paper makes clear, other authorities will be able to continue to improve inner area conditions, using the very considerable resources at their disposal. They will be able to prepare and implement inner area programmes and the Government will consider linking urban aid to those programmes, though necessarily on a modest scale at first.