§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will ensure that the Birmingham Inner Area Partnership Committee will take steps to see that the factory now being vacated by the Cadbury-Schweppes group at Bordesley, in the inner area of Birmingham, will be taken over by a prospective employer or employers who can offer sufficient employment to compensate for the number of jobs lost in the inner area of Birmingham as a result of the closure of the factory by Cadbury-Schweppes.
§ Mr. FreesonThe Birmingham partnership has already established a joint working group with Cadbury-Schweppes Limited to investigate alternative uses and seek out users for the company's Bordesley Street factory. The working group hopes to report to the partnership committee by June.