HC Deb 26 July 1949 vol 467 c120W
92. Sir D. Robertson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland why the Herring Industry Board's canning factory has been located at Port Glasgow in preference to any of the herring ports in northern Scotland, where lack of employment is compelling young men and women to seek work in the South and overseas.

Mr. Woodburn

The Clyde area was selected for the Herring Industry Board's experimental canning factory because there was no cannery in the area and herring specially suitable for canning are normally available there for a greater period of the year than elsewhere.