HC Deb 11 December 1968 vol 775 cc173-4W
Mr. James Johnson

asked the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs whether he has now decided to publish the Humberside Report.

Mr. Urwin

Yes. The Report is a document of 74,000 words with maps and diagrams, so that it will be some three or four months before it is actually published. Before taking decisions on the Report's recommendations, which are the responsibility of the Central Unit for Environmental Planning, and which do not, of course, commit the Government, we think it right to consult the local authorities and regional councils and to test public opinion generally.