HC Deb 24 June 1947 vol 439 cc33-4W
76. Sir John Mellor

asked the President of the Board of Trade what experience and financial resources qualify the group, to whom he allocated the factories recently occupied by Grantham Productions, Limited, for the production of tractors; whether this group acquired the assets of the said company in open competition upon equal terms with other applicants for the factories; and what representations he received from the Grantham Town Council with regard to allocation.

Mr. Belcher

We have had adequate assurances concerning the financial re- sources of the group which is taking over the existing organisation at Grantham. The assets were acquired from the liquidators, who were responsible for their proper disposal. The latest communication received from the Grantham Borough Council urged speedy allocation to some suitable applicant.