§ 49. Mr. Swinglerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a complete list of privately-owned industrial concerns, research associations, and other similar bodies in receipt of subsidies or grants from public funds.
Mr. AmoryThe names of the private concerns to which assistance has been given on the recommendation of the Development Areas Treasury Advisory Committee are confidential. It would not be possible to publish a list of other concerns in receipt of subsidies or grants without undue expenditure of time and labour. For information on research associations, I would refer the hon. Member to the publications of the research councils generally and in particular to the Report of the Council of the Department for Scientific and Industrial Research for the year 1958 (Cmnd. 739).