§ 51. Mr. David Watkinsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what efforts are being made by the Central Office of Information to publicise 163W overseas the advantages of the development areas in order to seek investment in them from abroad.
§ Mr. William RodgersThe main effort to attract investment from overseas to development areas in the United Kingdom is made in North America by the British Industrial Development Office in New York, run jointly by Her Majesty's Government and the Government of Northern Ireland. In other countries campaigns are undertaken by Her Majesty's Missions from time to time with press, film and television material on regional development supplied by the Central Office of Information as well as promotional literature, including the booklet "Get Ahead in Britain" produced in consultation with the Board of Trade.