85. Major Lloydasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will enumerate the number of Departments concerned with, and the sequence of investigations held into, an application by any concern wanting to build a new factory to meet orders for defence equipment.
§ Mr. StokesI have been asked to reply. The Board of Trade is responsible for approving the location; my Department is responsible for issuing the building licence on the advice of the Department sponsoring the case. The Central Land Board is responsible for determining the development charge. Applications to the Board of Trade and 43W to the sponsoring Department can be, and generally are, considered simultaneously. As soon as the approval of the Board of Trade has been obtained application can be made to the local planning authority for planning consent and to the Central Land Board to determine the development charge.