§ Mr. Perkinsasked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Sugar Commission have reached any conclusion as the result of their recent inquiries into the possibility of establishing a beet-sugar factory in Pembrokeshire; and, if so, what steps he proposes to take in the matter?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonThe Sugar Commission have informed me that, after careful investigation, they have reached the conclusion that the erection of a beet sugar factory in Pembroke would not be justified on economic grounds. In the
3328Wof the Nuffield Trust. The hon. Member is doubtless aware, however, that the Trustees recently authorised the publication of certain particulars which appeared in the Press on the 16th July. So far as the Special Areas Reconstruction Association and the Treasury are concerned, it would I think be contrary to the interests of assisted undertakings—and, therefore, of the Special Areas themselves—to publish details from which the circumstances of individual businesses might be inferred.
A summary of loans agreed in principle to be made by the Special Areas Reconstruction Association to new businesses in the different areas (as distinct from loans to existing businesses), together with the amounts of capital agreed to be provided from other sources for those businesses, is given in the following table:
light of this advice, and after communicating with the Commissioner for the Special Areas (England and Wales) I do not consider that any useful purpose would be served in examining this project further.