§ Mr. Stottasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether, in view of the fact that male unemployment in the Skelmersdale New Town is over 20 per cent., he will define the policy of the Government to the development of new towns in general and Skelmersdale in particular, giving details of plans to secure the long-term future of new towns.
§ Mr. OakesThe programmes of individual development corporations are kept constantly under review, but the Government consider there is ample evidence of housing demand to justify a continued new towns building programme for many years to come. The future requirements at Skelmersdale New Town in the context of the North-West Region are currently under consideration by an official working party set up late in 1975.