§ 55. Sir K. WOODasked the Lord Privy Seal whether any progress has been made with the scheme to reduce unemployment by giving inducements to industries to establish themselves in the distressed areas?
Mr. THOMASI am continuing to bring to the notice of industrialists the advantages afforded by these areas for the establishment of new factories.
§ Sir K. WOODDoes the right hon. Gentleman remember his project to give financial inducement to industries to go to the distressed areas?
Mr. THOMASI looked up this morning to see if the right hon. Gentleman was correct. What I said was that if there were any factories that could he established, it would be worth the while of local authorities continuing to do what they have done in the past, and to give inducements for works to go there; and I still think that it would be worth while.
§ Mr. A. M. SAMUELIs the right hon. Gentleman forgetting that he told the hon. and gallant Member for East Rhondda (Lieut.-Colonel Watts-Morgan) that silk and chocolate factories would be taken down to his district?
Mr. THOMASI not only suggested that to the hon. and gallant Member for East Rhondda, but I went beyond it, and consulted certain industries with a view to trying to induce them to go there.
§ Sir K. WOODWhen is it going to be done?
§ Mr. LEESIs the Minister aware that inducements could be got if Tory Members of Parliament did not send their money to Canada?