§ Mr. Elystan Morganasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what is the Welsh Office's estimate of the number of new jobs likely to be created by the proposed mid-Wales Development Corporation by 1970;
(2) what is the Welsh Office's estimate of the total number of new jobs likely to be created by the proposed mid-Wales Development Corporation by 1975.
§ Mr. Cledwyn HughesAs I stated in the Welsh Grand Committee debate on 15th March this year, the first task of the Development Corporation will be to double the size of Newtown. This is expected to take about 7 years and to provide some 1,000 new factory jobs at a rate of up to 150 jobs a year.