§ Mr. RoweTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has on the number and types of British companies establishing themselves in Nord-Pas de Calais, in order to avail themselves of continental loading gauge freight facilities; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. SainsburyI have no information on the number of types of British companies which are locating in the Nord-Pas de Calais.
I cannot say whether the continental loading gauge facilities would play any part in such companies' decisions. It is for companies themselves to establish what opportunities offer them the most attractive prospects and where to establish.