HC Deb 26 April 1971 vol 816 cc27-8W
Mr. McBride

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when the 25,000 square feet factory, approved for construction on the Dyffryn site, Morriston, Swansea, will be let for tender; it there is now a tenant for this factory; how many other inquiries for factory accommodation on this site have now been received from industrialists; and, of these inquiries, how many have not been followed up since 27th October, 1970.

Mr. Anthony Grant

The building contract was let on 21st April. No tenant has yet been found but the factory has been suggested to nine suitable industrialists inquiring for space. As to the site as a whole, we, of course, suggest it, along with many others, to all industrialists who inquire about the general availability of sites in Wales. Our records show that the attention of 21 industrialists has been specifically directed to Morriston though many others will have been told of it in response to general inquiries.

No meaningful answer is possible to the last part of the Question because the number of inquiries always and inevitably exceeds the number of subsequent lettings.