§ Mr. Dan Jonesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the plans relating to the economic development of the North-West that have been published by Government Departments and official bodies since 1945.
§ Mr. OakesThe following list of plans and reports includes some that relate to specific industries of the region as well as those about the North-West Region as a whole:
1946 "A Working Party Report: Cotton "(Board of Trade). 1949 "A Regional Survey of the North-West Coalfield "(Ministry of Fuel and Power). 1959 "Reorganisation of the Cotton Industry "(Board of Trade). 1965 "The North-West. A Regional Study"(Department of Economic Affairs). 1966 "An Economic Planning Strategy for the North-West Region"(North-West Economic Planning Council). "An Industrial Policy for the North-West"(Lancashire and Merseyside Industrial Development Association). 1968 "Strategy II: The North-West of the 1970's"(North-West Economic Planning Council). 1974 "Strategic Plan for the North-West"(SPNW Joint Planning Team Report 1973).