§ Q11. Dame Irene Wardasked the Prime Minister when he will answer in detail the suggestions made to him in the report from the North-East Development Council for reducing unemployment in the Northern Region.
§ Mr. MaudlingI have been asked to reply.
The suggestions put forward in this report are being taken fully into account in our studies of regional policy. My right hon. Friend hopes to write to the Council as soon as possible on a number of specific points which they raised with him.