§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Employment what plans he has to reduce long-term unemployment in Liverpool and Merseyside.
§ Mr. AlisonI refer the hon. Member to my reply of 9 June.—[Vol. 25, c.121]. Additional help for the long-term unemployed in Liverpool and Merseyside, and elsewhere in the country, will, of course, be provided by the new community programme scheme announced by my right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 27 July.