HC Deb 09 April 1973 vol 854 cc186-7W
25. Mr. Golding

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether, in the light of the decision to end steel making at Shelton, he will now designate North Staffordshire as an intermediate area.

Mr. Anthony Grant

No. The rate of unemployment in the Stoke travel-to-work area is below the national average, and falling.