HC Deb 11 December 1968 vol 775 cc135-6W
83. Mr. Harry Howarth

asked the President of the Board of Trade why he has declined to issue an industrial development certificate for extensions to existing premises occupied by Repco Clutch (U.K.) Limited on the Denington Trading Estate at Wellingborough; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody

The development could not be carried out consistently with the proper distribution of industry. An earlier application for an industrial development certificate for 20,000 sq. ft. for a new factory in Wellingborough was refused in 1967 and the firm were invited to consider a development area location. The revised i.d.c. application was to extend to 20,000 sq. ft. ment areas where the rate of economic growth may give cause for concern. The Government expect to receive the Committee's report early in the New Year.