§ Mr. Robin F. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Industry what plans he has for further advance factory building in the assisted areas.
§ Mr. HefferI am pleased to announce the following new programme which will provide 24 factories at an estimated cost of £3¼ million. Part of the programme takes up the balance of the special allocation to provide early help to the construction industry announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 11th September 1974, and most of the locations will, therefore, be on land we already own or will shortly purchase. I also have to announce that the Department is taking over from the Property Services Agency a 21-acre site at Gillmoss, Liverpool, which we plan to redevelop with modern factories.
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List of factories. sq feet Scotland Queenslie (Glasgow) 25,000 Lochlands (Falkirk) 20,000 Shotts 20,000 Edinburgh* 15,000 80,000 Northern Region Sunderland (Leechmere) 2×15,000 Tanfield Lea 25,000 Tynemouth 15,000 70,000 North-West Knowsley (Terrace Units) 15,000 Lancaster 15,000 Burnley 15,000 45,000 Wales Fishguard (Terrace Units) 2×5,000 Portmadoc 10,000 Gaerwen 10,000 Ynyscedwyn (Terrace Units) 2×5,000 40,000 Yorkshire and Humberside Doncaster 2×15,000 30,000 East Midlands Chesterfield 15,000 Clay Cross 15,000 30,000
sq. feet South-West Pennryn 10,000 Plymouth 10,000 Newquay 10,000 30,000 GRAND TOTAL 325,000 * Increase in size of factory already announced.