HC Deb 24 July 1956 vol 557 c200
35. Miss Herbison

asked the President of the Board of Trade when a new tenant will occupy the factory in Shotts vacated by Francis Sumner Limited.

Mr. Walker-Smith

My right hon. Friend has not yet succeeded in securing a new tenant for the factory which Francis Sumner & Company are to vacate. As he told the hon. Lady on 5th July, we are doing all we can to get one.

Miss Herbison

Can the hon. and learned Gentleman be more specific and tell me exactly what he and his right hon. Friend are doing to get a new tenant for the factory? Is the hon. and learned Gentleman aware that, according to the Minister of Labour, there is very little likelihood of 166 women who are unemployed getting any work at all in the surrounding area?

Mr. Walker-Smith

That is why we are as desirous as the hon. Lady is of finding a tenant to go into the factory. We have communicated full details of the factory and its facilities to our controllers in all the regions other than the Development Areas themselves.