§ Mr. Altonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what reply he is proposing to give to the submission to him of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce on the assistance local authorities give to industry.
§ Mr. HeseltineThe association's submission is being considered by the group of central Government and local authority officials which I announced on 10 June in reply to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Devizes (Mr. Morrison). I met representatives of the association on Tuesday 22 July and assured them that I shall bear in mind their views and those received from other interested individuals and organisations in developing any proposals that may emerge from my consideration of the group's report.—[Vol. 986, c.159.]