§ Mrs. Ann Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will review his decision to remove assisted area status from the Bolton area.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe Government will continue to watch the position in Bolton, as elsewhere, closely. As the hon. Member knows, Bolton retains its intermediate area status until 1 August 1982, and the Government intend that it should be a derelict land clearance area after that date.