§ Mr. Hooleyasked the President of the Board of Trade what plans are being considered at present for moving sections of the administration or research activities of his Department from the London area to other parts of England or Wales within the next five years, or for establishing new centres of administration or research outside the London area within the next five years.
§ Mr. CroslandAt present, my Department has in progress the transfer of the Business Statistics Office to Newport,54W Monmouthshire, which I announced on 5th April last year. The possibility of undertaking further Board of Trade work outside London is kept under constant review, but I have no plans to announce at present.—[Vol. 762, c. 161.]