§ Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the President of the Board of Trade, whether he will consider taking steps to extend the recent strengthening of the provisions of the Local Employment Act to areas outside development areas which are affected by colliery closures, like North Warwickshire.
§ Mr. Darling:Financial assistance under the Local Employment Acts, 1960 to 1966 can be made available only in designated development areas. The further measures of assistance which my right hon. Friend announced on 14th November are designed to assist those areas inside the development areas most likely to be severely affected by colliery closures. As I informed my hon. Friend on 15th February, in considering applications for industrial development certificates in North Warwickshire we shall take full account of unemployment in the area and of the need for new employment for men made redundant by colliery closures.—[Vol. 754, c. 84–6; Vol. 758, c. 424.]