HC Deb 20 October 1971 vol 823 c151W
Mr. Bishop

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has received Her Majesty's Stationery Office Report, Scientific and Engineering Manpower and Research in Small Firms; what conclusions he has reached; and what action he proposes with regard to the future of small firms and the employment of the two-and-a-half million people working in those firms employing 200 or less.

Mr. Ridley

This is one of a number of Reports embodying the results of research commissioned by the Committee of Inquiry on Small Firms which are being published separately from the Commit-