§ 39. Mr. Boydenasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if there have been any results from the dozen inquiries from industrialists to develop in the Bishop Auckland area which were forwarded from the Clerk's department of the Bishop Auckland Council to his Department in June 1973 and which were ignored by the regional office for two months.
§ Mr. ChatawayThe inquiries were received and dealt with by the Bishop Auckland Urban District Council. Representatives of the council met officials from this Department and the Department of Employment in August, and their advice was, no doubt, taken into account by the council in dealing with the inquiries.