§ 24. Mr. Malcolm MacMillanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proposals for the establishment of light manufacturing industry in the Isles of Lewis, Harris, North and South Uist and Benbecula, respectively, have been prepared by the Highlands and Islands Development Board; and which of these it is proposed to put into early operation in view of persistent local unemployment.
§ Dr. Dickson MabonThe Board has already given grants and loans amounting to £91,000 for 23 small industrial projects in these islands. It will continue to make strenuous efforts to attract industry to them, but decisions to establish new252W enterprises there must remain with the industrialists themselves.