HC Deb 11 February 1986 vol 91 c412W
Mr. Hancock

asked the Paymaster General if he can give a list of all the cities that were considered, before the aid was given for the new initiatives, for aid to the inner city announced by his Department on 6 February.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

This is a pilot initiative, and we chose the areas because we felt they were together broadly representative of the problems faced by inner city residents. It would serve no purpose to list other areas which were not selected, even if at this stage we could recollect all those areas mentioned at some stage or other of the discussions inside Government.