HC Deb 21 October 1969 vol 788 cc199-200W
Miss Devlin

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she will consider abandoning the present system of inducements to industry and give priority to the substitution of direct State investment on a planned basis.

Mr. Benn

I have been asked to reply.

The present system of inducements to industry already represents a planned State investment from which the Government expects to see returns through the increased strength of the economy, and the employment thus created.