HC Deb 10 April 1972 vol 834 c120W
35. Mr. Varley

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what are the factors in an area which lead him to deem it to be suffering from industrial obsolescence in the sense in which that phrase is used in paragraph 29 of his White Paper, "Industrial and Regional Development" (Command Paper No. 4942).

Mr. John Davies

In assessing the extent of industrial obsolescence in any area, I am concerned with all the factors affecting industrial vitality, both present and potential.