HC Deb 14 July 1959 vol 609 c17W
51. Mr. Willey

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs on what grounds he has refused to make a grant towards the cost of the development of the Wear Street site, Sunderland.

Mr. Bevins

In order to attract grant under Section 3 of the Distribution of Industry Act, 1945, a local authority must be able to show that it could not reasonably meet from its own resources the full cost of providing the services in question. In the present case, out of a total estimated cost of £65,000 for this proposed development, the only part on which my right hon. Friend could give grant is some £6,000 for sewerage. This