§ Q5. Mr. John Smithasked the Prime Minister if he is satisfied with co-ordina- 336W tion between the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Employment on the calculation of the effect on regional development areas of the phasing-out of the regional employment premium in 1974.
§ The Prime MinisterYes. It is in any case academic to calculate the effect of withdrawing REP in isolation from other economic factors such as the growth of the economy.