§ Mr. Hillasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will reconsider the decision made on 23 July 1979 and make a favourable recommendation to Her Majesty the Queen that Her Majesty should grant a lord mayoralty to the city of Southampton.
§ Mr. WhitelawI have carefully considered the representations made to me but regret that I do not feel justified in recommending to Her Majesty that she should grant a lord mayoralty to Southampton.