Mr. Braddockasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give a list of all the Development Areas in the country, specifying any that have been so declared during the past three months.
§ Mr. H. WilsonThe areas scheduled under the Distribution of Industry Act, 1945, are the North-Eastern, West Cumberland, South Wales and Monmouthshire, and Scottish Development Areas (of which a full description is contained in the First Schedule of the Act) and the Wrexham and South Lancashire Development Areas (of which a full description is contained in the Distribution of Industry (Development Areas) Order, 1946). No areas have been declared Development Areas during the past three months.