Former MP for Aldridge-Brownhills
I intend to confine my remarks to New Clause No. 2. Although the reference to commercial buildings is to be welcomed, I do not think that it goes nearly far enough. Underlying the Government's thinking there is still the mistaken notion that we can attract back into inner city areas manufacturing employment which will generate new jobs and a new inner city economy. At a time when the number...
I agree with the hon. Gentleman completely. What is needed is a re-examination of regional aid so that it considers not only the economies of regions but the great disparities within regions. The contrast between the poverty of the inner cities and other parts of a region can be just as great as that between an area in the South-East of England and the development areas. That sort of...
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Former MP for Aldridge-Brownhills
Entered the House of Commons on 28 February 1974 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 7 April 1979 — General election
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