§ Mr. W. Hamiltonasked the President of the Board of Trade why an industrial development certificate was granted recently for the building of a potato crisp factory in Corby, Northants, an area with a much smaller percentage rate of unemployment than any development district; and what were the reasons which caused him to grant the certificate after originally refusing it.
§ Mr. D. PriceThis case illustrates how the control exercised by means of industrial development certificates can be used to obtain projects for the development districts. My right hon. Friend approved the development for Corby in return for two projects that the company concerned, the Golden 33W Wonder Crisp Company Ltd., has undertaken to carry out in development districts. The first of these, at Broxburn in West Lothian, will be completed at the same time as the Corby project, and the other in South Wales a year later. When the proposed developments are completed, four out of the company's five factories will be located outside the Midlands and the South-East.