HC Deb 21 July 1969 vol 787 c285W
Mr. Michael Heseltine

asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) what grants from public funds are available in respect of the capital expenditure required to bring into production the new factory to be built in Cumberland by British Leyland Motor Holdings and the National Bus Company;

(2) what is the approximate net cost of the Government grant to the British Leyland Motor Company for its 25 per cent. holding in Eastern Coachworks and Bristol Commercial vehicles and its 50 per cent. interest in the factory to be built at Cumberland by British Leyland Motor Holdings and the National Bus Company.

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody

Investment grants and assistance under the Local Employment Acts are available but details of assistance to individual projects are confidential.

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