§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the latest plans for the development of the south Liverpool docks by the Merseyside development corporation.
§ Mr. KingThe Merseyside Development Corporation plans to restore water to most of the Liverpool South docks, to attract commercial, recreational and residential developments to the area between the Canning and Queens branch docks and in the more southerly docks, from Coburg to Herculaneum, to nurture existing firms, refurbish premises and promote new industrial developments. Discussions are in progress with a number of private developers. Further details are provided in the corporation's first annual report, deposited in the Library of the House on 29 November 1982.