HC Deb 30 May 1963 vol 678 cc169-70W
50 and 51. Dr. Dickson Mabon

asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) when construction of the new advance factory on the Port Glasgow Industrial Estate will begin;

(2) when negotiations for the purchase of an additional 140,000 sq. ft. of land for the extension of the Port Glasgow Industrial Estate announced in July, 1961, were completed.

Mr. Erroll

The Board of Trade completed negotiations for the purchase of 18 acres of land to extend the Port Glasgow Industrial Estate and took entry in February, 1963. Civil engineering work to level the site and to provide roads will start shortly. When this work is sufficiently forward the construction of the advance factory will begin: I hope this will be in October.