§ Mr. Leadbitterasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much of the proposed £140 million reduction in public expenditure on the nationalised industries is to be applied to the British Steel Corporation; and in what ways.
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§ Mr. Tom BoardmanThe exact distribution of the £140 million cut in nationalised industries' capital investment announced in my right hon. Friend's statement of 21st May cannot be finalised until consultations are completed with all the industries involved.—[Vol. 857, c. 38–52.]