§ Mr. Hugh D. Brownasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether, in the current review of dispersal policy, the views have been sought of the Scottish Trades 39W Union Congress, the Scottish Development Council for Industry, or the Scottish Economic Planning Council.
§ Mr. David HowellThe Government set out their broad policy on dispersal in the White Paper on the Re-organisation of Central Government (Cmnd. 4506). The current review is to enable us to reach decisions on the application of that policy to Government headquarters work at present in London. We have not yet reached the stage of formulating detailed dispersal proposals but the Government are always willing to consider any views which these and other bodies may wish to put forward.