§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) who won the limited single stage competition for landscape area for international garden festival, Liverpool 84; and to what extent the firm concerned will be employing local Merseyside people in the execution of its work;
(2) who won the limited single stage competition for festival building for the international garden festival, Liverpool 84; and to what extent the firm concerned will be employing local Merseyside people in the execution of its work.
§ Mr. Heseltine[pursuant to his reply, 9 June 1982]: The results of the design competitions for the landscape area and the festival building were announced by the Merseyside Development Corporation on 26 May. First prize in the landscape area competition was won by Derek Lovejoy and Partners and first prize in the festival building competition by Arup Associates. The firms are based in Manchester and London respectively. The major employment opportunities in those two projects will result from contracts for the execution of the works to be let by the development corporation. Contracts for previous corporation projects have provided for the use of local labour wherever possible.