§ Mr. Laurance Reedasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will include an investigation of the problems and implications of industrial obsolescence in the terms of reference of the North-West Study sponsored by his Department.
§ Mr. Graham PageTerms of reference for the North-West Study have already been agreed by the commissioning body, which comprises Government Departments, the local planning authorities and the Economic Planning Council. The study team is to produce a framework plan for the future development of the region and to suggest policies for the solution of major, long-standing, physical planning issues of regional significance. It will be for the study team in the first place to determine how they should approach this task: but clearly the problems and implications of industrial obsolescence will be a major consideration.