§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State's recent visit to Merseyside.
§ Sir George YoungI visited Merseyside on 31 May. In Knowsley I visited Stockbridge village and met the chairman of the trust and some of the tenants.
In Sefton I visited the community refurbishment scheme at Marsh lane and the inner city refurbishment scheme at Waverley park.
On Wirral I visited both the Woodchurch (where I opened the first phase of a new housing development) and Ford housing estates and met local councillors.
I then returned to Liverpool and paid a visit to the International Garden Festival.