HC Deb 21 June 1966 vol 730 c35W
Mr. David Price

asked the Minister of Technology if he will define those industries for which he accepts sponsorship by reference to the appropriate numbers in the minimum list heading of the Standard Industrial Classification 1958.

Mr. Cousins

The Ministry of Technology is at present the sponsoring Department for the following industries as defined in the Standard Industrial Classification 1958:—

Order VI —Engineering and Electrical Goods

Minimum List Headings 331 to 341, 349 to 361, other than sub-divisions 3 and 4 of Minimum List Heading 351, and 363 to 369.

Order VIII—Vehicles

Minimum List Headings 381, 382, 384 and 385.

Order IX —Metal Goods not elsewhere specified

Minimum List Headings 391, 393 and 399, other than sub-divisions 1, 2 and 6 of Minimum List Heading 399.

As already announced by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 16th June, sponsorship responsibility for the whole of Order VII and for Minimum List Heading 383 in Order VIII will be transferred in the autumn to the Ministry of Technology from the Board of Trade and the Ministry of Aviation respectively.