§ Mr. Biffenasked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs if information collected under the Statistics of Trade Act 1947 is made available to industrial members of economic development committees in such a form that is not available to the Library of the House of Commons; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. AlbuWe try to supply the Economic Development Committees with the statistical information which they need in forms suited to their particular purposes, but they are not given information collected under this Act which would not equally be made available to Parliament.
§ 58. Mr. Stratton Millsasked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs if he will give the date and percentage attendance at each of the little national economic development council meetings.
§ Mr. AlbuThe total number of Economic development Committee meetings held up to 15th December, 1966, was 244; and it would cost too much, in time and money, to obtain the date and percentage attendance at each of these meetings. The committees have met on average once every 6½ weeks, and the overall percentage attendance at the last two meetings of each committee have been 87.4 per cent. and 81.3 per cent.