§ 19. Dame Irene Wardasked the President of the Board of Trade what action has been agreed upon to enable the firm of Smith's Delivery Vehicles Ltd. to expand its production on the Team Valley Trading Estate.
§ Mr. J. RodgersThe firm is acquiring a site of nine acres on the Team Valley Trading Estate for the purpose of erecting a factory of 120,000 sq. ft. with its own finance.
§ Dame Irene WardMay I thank my hon. Friend for that announcement and add, as my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, East (Mr. Montgomery) said, how welcome this news will be to the North-East Coast?
§ Mr. RodgersI am very grateful to my hon. Friend for those remarks.
§ Mr. ManuelWhat a change.
§ Mr. RodgersI am sure that my hon. Friend will be equally pleased to know that this new factory should result in 200 new jobs in that area.