HC Deb 25 February 1938 vol 332 cc682-3W
Mr. Foot

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, the names of the persons to whom financial assistance has been provided in pursuance of Section 6 (1) of the Special Areas (Amendment) Act, 1937, the sums provided in each case, and the places where their industrial undertakings are situated?

Lieut.-Colonel Colville

It would, I think, be undesirable in the interests of the undertakings assisted to disclose their names and the amount of the assistance. The Treasury has entered into definite agreements with eight companies to provide assistance to a total of £392,500 and provisional agreements have been reached with a further five companies to provide assistance to a total of £390,000.