§ Mr. J. Griffithsasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can state the number, and location, of site companies set up under the provisions of the Special Areas (Amendment) Act, 1937; how many factories have been built by such companies, and the number employed thereat; and whether it is proposed in the near future to amend the provisions of this Act?
§ Captain CrookshankOne site company, namely the Lancashire Industrial Sites Company, has been assisted under the provisions of the Special Areas (Amendment) Act, 1937, but I am in formed by the company that so far it has built no factories. So far as the last part of the question is concerned, I assume that the hon. Member has in mind the legislation to which my right hon. Friend the Minister of Labour referred in his answer to the hon. Member on the 25th May, to which I have nothing to add.