36. Captain SHAWasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will arrange with the Board of Trade for that Department to immediately notify him of all inquiries and applications received from foreign firms regarding factories and sites for factories in this country, so that he may bring before those interested the special attractions offered in many districts in Scotland?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (Mr. Hore-Belisha)I have been asked to reply. Any information in the possession of the Board of Trade regarding proposals to set up new undertakings in this country is, of course, available to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland.
§ 51. Mr. ALED ROBERTSasked the President of the Board of Trade how many of the foreign factories recently opened in this country are for the purpose of manufacturing products which were previously not manufactured in this country; and how many of them manufacture products which were already being produced in this country before the foreign factories were opened?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAThe information for which my hon. Friend asks involves detailed inquiry and any particulars that can be obtained will be furnished in the further statement promised in the reply given on the 5th May to the hon. Members for Rothwell (Mr. Lunn) and Govan (Mr. Maclean).
§ Mr. ROBERTSCould not the hon. Member expedite information with regard to these foreign factories? I asked him for it last week, and I have not had it yet.
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAI have already given the House a great deal of information, and the moment I can get more I will supply it willingly.