§ 2. Mr. Shinwellasked the President of the Board of Trade what measures he has in view for the provision of industry in the new town of Peterlee and in the adjoining area where a substantial number of former mine workers are unemployed.
§ Mr. MaudlingThe Board of Trade will continue to bring the advantages of Peterlee, including the industrial sites available, to the attention of firms seeking a new location. The inclusion of the town and adjoining area in the development districts designated under the Local Employment Act should be a further encouragement to industry to go to the locality.
§ Mr. ShinwellThat is all very well, but I have had the same answer for the last five or six years, and very few industries have come to Peterlee. Those that have come, as the right hon. Gentleman is now aware, provide some employment for female labour. What about redundant mine workers? Cannot anything be done to help them? The matter is becoming very alarming.
§ Mr. MaudlingWe shall continue as we have in the past to point out to people who wish to expand the advantages of doing so in this area, but, of course, we depend upon the number of people coming forward with expansion projects.