HC Deb 03 December 1964 vol 703 c97W
17. Mr. Prior

asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs what machinery he has set up for co-ordinating regional plans to provide for improvement of communications to East Coast ports, in view of developments which may follow the exploration for oil in the North Sea.

Mr. George Brown

The co-ordination of regional planning in all its aspects is one of the principal functions of my Department.