§ 47. Mr. CHORLTONasked the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence what further progress has been made in the allocation of defence contracts to firms in Lancashire?
§ The MINISTER for the CO-ORDINATION of DEFENCE (Sir Thomas Inskip)I gave certain particulars as regards Lancashire in reply to a question which my hon. Friend the Member for Moss Side (Mr. Rostron Duckworth) addressed to me on the 16th instant, and I have no later information. As I have explained previously, particularly in regard to special and depressed areas, to extract particulars of contracts and subcontracts by reference to geographical areas would involve an immense amount of time and labour.