HC Deb 20 October 1953 vol 518 c247W
67. Mr. Russell

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will confer with the other Ministers concerned, with a view to reducing the number of Government Departments whose approval has to be obtained before a new factory can be erected or an existing one extended.

Mr. H. Strauss

My right hon. Friend and his colleagues constantly seek to improve the procedure for approving the erection of new factories and to make the administration of the remaining controls as simple as possible.