§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will make a statement on the results of the visit in September 1975 of top United States business men to the United Kingdom, sponsored by his Department, to discuss inward investment into the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. KaufmanThe mission was suggested by a leading United States industrialist whose company has a substantial and successful investment in the192W United Kingdom. Its purpose was to enable other top American business men to share his experience and to see for themselves the conditions obtaining in the United Kingdom for industrial investment. Most of the visitors represented companies with only a small stake, if any, in the United Kingdom. No immediate decisions to invest here were expected. However, subsequent reports have been very encouraging.