HC Deb 13 January 1971 vol 809 cc57-8
30. Dr. Dickson Mabon

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what additional money he is providing for promotional campaigns in 1971 to attract new industry to West Central Scotland.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

I welcome the initiatives being taken to establish a promotional organisation in West Central Scotland and the response which local authorities and other bodies have so far made to these initiatives. It is right that the finance and other resources for these regional efforts should come from the regions concerned, but I am considering what Government assistance might be given to measures for the promotion of Scotland as a whole which could be linked with these regional efforts.

Dr. Dickson Mabon

Is it not the case that neither of those Answers adds anything to the information which we already have and that it is important that we know how much money is involved in this—just as important as it is to know how the financial reforms in local government will affect the structural reforms?

Mr. Campbell

I answered an earlier Question about the possibility of finance for the Scottish Council from the point of view of Scotland as a whole. From the point of view of Scotland West, I take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Robin MacLellan, President of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, and the Lord Provost, Sir Donald Liddle, on their initiative in this matter and on the success which they have already had.