§ Mr. Loydenasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he has any plans to discuss the Liverpool inner area partnership with the Liverpool District Council.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerMinisters from the Department of Employment are already involved in discussions on all of the inner city partnership committees, including the Liverpool committee, at which the Liverpool City Council is also
444Wemployer, under the Employment Protection Act.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerI refer the hon. Member to the parliamentary debates, in particular to theOfficial Report of Standing Committee F on the Employment Protection Bill, thirtieth Sitting, 22nd July 1975, c. 1610–13, and to the House of Lords Official Report for 25th September 1975—[Vol. 364, No. 143]—c. 518–21.