§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what will be the efficacy of the industrial development certificate system after Great Britain enters the Common Market on 1st January, 1973, in view of the fact that the system does not operate in the Community and that planning procedures in France may grant substantial advantages to migrating companies.
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§ Mr. Anthony GrantExperience shows that in deciding whether to establish a project in one country or another firms are primarily motivated by the location of the market they wish to serve. Other factors, of course, enter into the calculation but physical controls such as our industrial development certificate, the analogous system operating in the Paris region and the proposed controls in Holland tend to influence location within a national territory rather than between countries. I would not, therefore, expect entry to the Common Market of itself significantly to affect the efficacy of our IDC control.