§ Mr. Hoosonasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give details of the increases in rent in factories on Welsh industrial estates and/or individual factories built by Government finance; and if he will give the average percentage of increase.
§ Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody:Rent increases affecting Board of Trade factories in Wales in 1967 have ranged from 8d. to 3s. 7d. per sq. ft. The average percentage increase is 108 per cent.
§ Mr. Hoosonasked the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has received from firms which will have to close down because of the increases in rents announced recently on Welsh industrial trading estates; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody:No firms on Board of Trade industrial estates in Wales have informed me that they will have to close down because of an increase in rent.