§ 5. Miss Quennellasked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development, in view of the disproportionately heavy development and consequential growth of population in the south and south-east of the United Kingdom despite the steps Her Majesty's Government have already taken to encourage growth in other regions, if he will now consider what further steps are desirable to strengthen the previous schemes in order to achieve a more even spread of growth over the country as a whole.
§ Mr. HeathI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to the hon. and learned Member for Aberdeen (Mr. Hector Hughes) on 23rd April.