§ Mr. Wareingasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, in the event of the abolition of the metropolitan county councils, he will take steps to ensure that Merseyside is provided with the same type of overall authority, with strategic powers over planning and land use, highways and traffic management, fire services, passenger transport and waste disposal, as the Greater London area; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WaldegraveWe see no need for an overall authority in either Merseyside or Greater London.