§ 42. Mr. Gurdenasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the progress of his review of the Restrictive Practices Act; and when he will announce his decision on
New factories and extensions for which industrial development certificates were issued from 1st january, 1951 to 31st may, 1961 Standard Region Number of schemes Area (thousands square feet) Estimated additional employment Northern … … … … 1,382 44,934 84,205 East and West Riding … … 2,761 56,894 68,436 North Midland … … … 2,397 50,477 77,208 Eastern … … … … 2,655 76,070 141,166 London and South Eastern … 5,652 123,481 152,104 Southern … … … … 1,893 48,584 88,041 South Western … … … 1,634 36,078 70,406 Wales … … … … 1,113 37,579 77,338 Midland … … … … 4,176 89,674 98,533 North Western … … … 3,789 102,857 199,333 Scotland … … … … 1,808 55,747 112,672 Great Britain … … 29,260 722,375 1,169,442 To 1st April, 1960, the figures relate to schemes of over 5,000 square feet for manufacturing industry only, and after that date to ail schemes for which industrial development certificates were required.