HC Deb 10 June 1952 vol 502 c14
22. Mr. F. Willey

asked the President of the Board of Trade what proportion of the Government orders placed in the North-East Development Area during the six months ended 31st March, 1952, relate to engineering and electrical work.

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

The information for which the hon. Member asks is not readily available and could not be obtained without an expenditure of time and labour which could not be justified.

Mr. Willey

Without pressing the right hon. Gentleman on that matter, may I ask him to pay attention to the fact that there is a feeling in the North-East that they are not getting a fair proportion of these types of contracts? These particular trades are rather slacker than we expected them to be.

Mr. Thorneycroft

I will call the attention of my right hon. Friend to that point.