§ Mr. Dempseyasked the President of the Board of Trade if, in view of the closure of the older steel industries in North Lanarkshire, causing increasing unemployed among males, he will give an industrial development certificate for the new tinplate mill proposed for this area; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. DarlingI share the concern felt over the closure of the older steel industries in North Lanarkshire and every effort is being made to attract suitable projects to the area, but I have received no application for an industrial development certificate for a new tinplate mill.