HC Deb 27 October 1960 vol 627 c293W
36. Mr. Edelman

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many jobs he expects to make available in the next 12 months in connection with his plans for the expansion of the motor industry.

Mr. J. Rodgers

The new projects announced by the "Big Five" in the motor industry are expected to provide some 41,000 jobs over the next four or five years. I am sure that the House will welcome that nearly all these jobs will be in Scotland, South Wales and Merseyside—areas which have had a long history of unemployment.