§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Macclesfield, Official Report, 22 February, c. 314, which particular matters within the responsibility of his Department are concerned with race relations;
(2) if he will list the matters concerned with race relations within his Department's field of activity.
§ Sir George YoungMany of the responsibilities of the Department of the Environment affect the lives of ethnic groups, and hence have implications for race relations. Of particular importance are the urban programme, which supports over 350 projects designed to help members of ethnic minorities, and housing policy.