55. Mr. W. Joseph Stewartasked the Minister of Labour the nature of the industries that have been and are being started on the Team Valley Trading Estate, county Durham; and whether they are branches of firms already established in the north-east or of firms new to the area?
§ Mr. ButlerI am not able to give a complete list of the industries about to be started on the Team Valley Trading Estate, but they include the manufacture of food products, confectionery, clothing, containers, electrical apparatus, furniture, motor bodies, plastic goods and timber products. I am informed that the industries are in the main new to the area, and that in no case are they branches of firms already established in the area.
Mr. StewartCan the hon. Member say what has been clone by his Department to induce industrialists to start new industries there, and whether his Department is really dealing with the location of industry?
§ Mr. ButlerThe answer to the second part of the question is, Yes, Sir. The answer to the first part is that the Special Commissioner takes every step in his power to induce industry to go there.