HC Deb 12 July 1939 vol 349 c2219
20. Mr. Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for Air whether the proposal by a Sheffield firm to build a steelworks at Edale has now been abandoned; and whether he can assure the House that the Government have no intention of reserving the site for a Government factory?

Sir K. Wood

The proposal has been abandoned by the firm in question, and my Department has no intention of reserving the site for Air Ministry purposes.