§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will make a statement on the Under-Secretary of State's recent visit to Liverpool.
§ Mr. MacGregorI visited Liverpool on 28 April to open new premises for the small firms centre for Merseyside which are necessary to meet the greatly increased demand and which will provide improved facilities for the business counselling service. The numbers of experienced business counsellors operating out of the Liverpool centre has been increased from two to 10 over the last five years to cope with this demand.
I also undertook several other engagements in Lancashire as part of that visit.