§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in the interests of improving race relations, he will seek to provide special financial assistance to areas such as Ealing, Brent, Bradford, Leicester and Newham, which have a large immigrant population, to help overcome their employment, housing, education and social welfare problems.
§ Mr. JohnProblems in the fields mentioned are dealt with under the Government's main public expenditure programmes which have regard to the differing needs of different areas. Special assistance is available however under Section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966 to help local authorities with substantial numbers of Commonwealth immigrants in their areas to meet the cost of employing extra staff; and substantial sums have been paid under this provision to the authorities named.