HC Deb 28 July 1964 vol 699 cc259-60W
62. Mr. J. Morris

asked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and

the North Riding of Yorkshire in the years 1945, 1951, and 1964, respectively.

Mr. Marples

Figures for the precise years requested are not available. The following are the figures for 1946, 1951 and 1963:

Regional Development, what form of encouragement he is prepared to give to suitable new developments employing women and young persons in the Port Talbot area; to what extent this is a new policy; since what date it has been in effect; and what steps have been taken to inform interested parties of it.

Mr. Heath

The Board of Trade has for some time been aware of the need to provide additional employment for women and young persons in the Port Talbot area. Sympathetic consideration will be given to applications for industrial development certificates for suitable projects that cannot be located in a development district.