I go along with much of his general approach to the Urban Crisis which is developing not only in Great Britain but throughout the Western World, although it is not on such a large scale as it is in North America.

No one questions the Grave Urban Crisis there.

There is wide concern, not only in Britain but across the world, about what is known as the "Urban Crisis".

In 1968 we had the speech by the then Prime Minister, the right hon. Member for Huyton (Mr. Wilson), saying that the Urban Crisis would be solved by the provision of £20 million.

In 1968, the country woke up to the fact that there was an Urban Crisis, and the right hon. Member for Huyton (Sir H. Wilson), then Prime Minister, gave £20 million to solving it and launched the urban aid programme.

The more one looks at the reports of the Audit Commission, the more one sees that local government spending is not targeted on specific and pressing need, such as the Urban Crisis.

He also said thatlocal government spending is not targeted on specific and pressing need, such as the Urban Crisis".