§ 33. Mr. Brewisasked the President of the Board of Trade how many applications for local employment grants he has received in the last year from new industries wishing to start manufacturing establishments in Galloway.
§ Mr. JayNone, Sir, for new projects in the financial year 1965–66. But 17 applications were received in that year from firms already in the area: and offers of assistance were made to 10 projects, two of them new.
§ Mr. BrewisIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that Galloway has probably the lowest proportion of manufacturing industry in the country—only 14 per cent.? Would he redouble his efforts to 1536 bring manufacturing industry there in view of depopulation and unemployment?