§ Sir William Elliottasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he is now in a position to make a further announcement about the designation of an enterprise zone for Newcastle and Gateshead in Tyne and Wear.
§ Mr. KingStatutory invitations under the terms of schedule 32 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980, were today issued to Newcastle city council and Gateshead metropolitan borough council to prepare schemes with a view to designation as enterprise zones of some 1,100 acres along both banks of the Tyne and in the Team Valley in Gateshead. Copies of the invitation are being placed in the Library of the House. The statutory procedures of consultation and then the hearing of representations will begin shortly.