HC Deb 23 May 1966 vol 729 c42W
Dame Joan Vickers

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the fact that the second largest employers of labour in the City of Plymouth are retail traders who will have to reduce staff owing to the Selective Employment Tax, he will designate Plymouth as a development area in order to attract more industries to Plymouth and therefore avoid unemployment.

Mr. Jay

The economic circumstances of Plymouth do not justify including it in the proposed Development Areas.

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