§ 12. Mr. Manuelasked the President of the Board of Trade the total cost of providing the factory at the Industrial Estate, Kilwinning.
§ Mr. ErrollMy right hon. Friend is not prepared to disclose particulars of the cost of individual factories.
§ Mr. ManuelThe Minister of State is aware that the site clearance and servicing of this factory cost about £81,000. All that I have asked for is the cost of the provision of a Government factory that employs only a few people. I think that the House has a right to know how much money the Government have spent in providing a Government factory which has been let. Is the Minister of State aware that I was curbed in trying to secure this information on a previous occasion? I have now broadened the Question in order to try to get the figure I want. I hope that there will be some reciprocal action by the Minister.
§ Mr. ErrollI am always sorry when it is not possible to give information which hon. Members desire, but there are good reasons, established by precedent over a number of years, for not giving the details and the cost of individual factories. I will be glad to explain the matter to the hon. Gentleman if he so wishes.