§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the President of the Board of Trade what estimate he has made of the reduction in the expected level of payments of investment grants to industry in Scotland which will result from the decisions announced in Command Paper No. 3515.
§ Mr. Darling:I estimate that as the result of the decision to defer further acceleration during 1968–69 in the payment of investment grants industry in Scotland will receive about £10 million less in that year than it would have received had there been further accelera- 662W tion. Even so, I expect the amount paid to industry in Scotland in 1968–69 to be greater than the amount paid in 1967–68.