HC Deb 17 March 1970 vol 798 c193
31. Mr. Dalyell

asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make an official visit to Scotland.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

I hope to visit Scotland again before long, but I have no firm plans at present.

Mr. Dalyell

Has my right hon. Friend had it brought to his attention that the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer—that is, in the Scottish Nationalist Party —has said that certain industries are not good for Scotland; namely, British Leyland, the strip mill and the smelter? Does not that seem rather weird in the context of a South Ayrshire situation?

Mr. Jenkins

We seem to have rather a lot of Shadow Chancellors of the Exchequer at the present time. I have had this particular statement drawn to my attention and it appears to me that it would involve a policy of insulating Scotland from a great part of modern industrial development, which could not fail to have the effect of making a very substantial reduction indeed in Scottish standards of living.