South-Western Development Area

HC Deb 28 July 1967 vol 751 cc314-5W

Mr. Michael Heseltine

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will now implement the recent proposal of the South-West Economic Planning Council, appointed by the Government in 1965, that Plymouth and its surrounding area should be included in the South-Western Development Area, as stated in paragraph 452 of that report.

Mr. Jay

I have nothing to add to what my right hon. Friend the Minister of State told my hon. Friends the Member for Plymouth, Sutton (Dr. David Owen) and the Member for Falmouth and Camborne (Dr. John Dunwoody) earlier this week.—[Vol. 751, c.71.]