§ 23. Mr. PikeTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will state the level of investment in manufacturing industry in the north-west in constant prices for the latest year for which figures are available, as a percentage of 1979.
Mr. Atkins: 1 refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Corporate Affairs on 19 October 1988, at column 953 of the Official Report.