§ Mr. Parryasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on his recent visit to Merseyside.
§ Sir Geoffrey HoweI went to Merseyside on 23 May for a combination of official and Conservative Party engagements. My official engagements were as follows: visit to the headquarters of the National Girobank in Bootle; courtesy call on the Lord Mayor of Liverpool; meeting in Liverpool town hall with civic leaders, chief officers and treasurers of the various Merseyside local authorities, office bearers of the Merseyside chamber of commerce, Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, and the chairman of the Merseyside urban development corporation; and a visit to the premises of J. Bibby & Sons in Great Howard Street, Liverpool.
I was glad to have this opportunity of discussing with civic and industrial leaders the Government's policies and the problems of Merseyside.