HC Deb 11 December 1968 vol 775 c135W
80 and 81. Mr. Peter Mills

asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) what further plans he has to stimulate industrial development in the grey areas of the South-West of England, and in particular Okehampton in Devon;

(2) if he is aware that a large number of men and women in the grey areas of the South-West have not the opportunity of making a contribution to industrial growth; and if he will make proposals to rectify this.

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody

The Government have set up the Hunt Committee to examine the situation in those parts of the country outside the develop-

DOMESTIC REFRIGERATORS, WASHING MACHINES AND RADIOS IMPORTS AS A PROPORTION OF TOTAL HOME SUPPLIES
1964 1965 1966 1967 (Numbers '000) 1968 Jan. to June
Domestic refrigerators
Imports 51.6 82.7 112.6 202.7 221.0
Total home supplies 853.2 981.2 919.0 974.9 761.9
Proportion of total home supplies accounted for by imports 6% 8% 12% 21% 29%
Domestic washing machines
Imports 41.0 37.7 24.5 51.1 45.5
Total home supplies 968.6 782.3 623.9 666.4 430.7
Proportion of total home supplies accounted for by imports 4% 5% 4% 8% 11%
Radios
Imports 1,889.7 1,548.3 1,723.3 2.407.7 1,068.2
Total home supplies 4,025.7 3,283.3 3,086.3 3,867.7 1,818.3
Proportion of total home supplies accounted for by imports 47% 47% 56% 62% 59%
Note: Total home supplies equals United Kingdom manufacturers' deliveries to the home market, plus imports.