HC Deb 07 August 1947 vol 441 c182W
Mr. G. Roberts

asked the President of the Board of Trade which areas in Wales and Monmouthshire are designated as unemployment areas as distinct from development areas; and what special facilities and priorities are extended to such areas.

Sir S. Cripps

The list of unemployment areas in Wales and Monmouthshire comprises the following: Amlwch, Beaumaris, Holyhead and Llangefni in Anglesey; Bangor, Bethesda, Caernarvon, Llanberis, Penygroes, Portma-doc and Pwllheli in Caernarvonshire; Blaenau Festiniog in Merionethshire; Llanidloes in Montgomeryshire; and Aberystwyth, Cardigan and Llandyssul in Cardinganshire. With a view to minimising unemployment in such areas the industrial concerns therein receive the same preferential treatment with regard to allocations of raw materials as those in Development Areas.