§ 36. Mr. Hefferasked the President of the Board of Trade how many new industries were introduced into the Merseyside Development District in 1965; what further proposals his Department has in this field; and what effect the new financial proposals will have.
§ The President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Douglas Jay)The industrial development certificates to which I referred in my Answer to my hon. Friend on 27th January covered a wide range of industries. The new proposals announced in the White Paper on Investment Incentives will, I hope, attract more firms to Merseyside.