§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the Minister of State's recent visit to Liverpool.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI was very sorry to have to pull out of this interesting engagement because of urgent duties in our Department, and in the event the visit was undertaken by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State. He attended a meeting of district health authority chairmen from the Mersey region and in the afternoon visited Broadgreen hospital to inspect the site of the proposed major new £11 million redevelopment of the hospital. This development will replace inadequate accommodation at Broadgreen hospital itself and some of the old substandard accommodation at Newsham general hospital.