§ Mr. Hamiltonasked the President of the Board of Trade how much new factory building has taken place in the County of Fife in each of the last eight years; and how many new jobs, for males and females, respectively, have been provided.
§ Mr. J. RodgersApproximately 1¼ million sq. ft. of new factory space in the period providing employment for some 750 men and 250 women. The annual figures are as follows:
Year Number of building projects Area (sq. ft.) 1951 … … 4 95,692 1952 … … 10 151,471 1953 … … 3 54,830 1954 … … 15 244,273 1955 … … 2 14,837 1956 … … 4 216,404 1957 … … 5 201,980 1958 … … 11 244,490 54 (includes 40 extensions to factories) 1,233,977