HC Deb 22 March 1976 vol 908 c76W
Mr. Woof

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what is the total domestic lamp production in the United Kingdom; and how much is used in the export market.

Mr. Carmichael

Details of electric lamp bulbs and tubes produced in and exported from the United Kingdom in 1975, which may be considered as mainly for domestic use, are shown in the following table. By value 25 per cent were exported.

have been made available either directly or through the National Enterprise Board for stockbuilding in the machine tool and electrical motor industries.

Mr. Carmichael

No such facilities have been made available by my Department, but, as my right hon Friend said in the House on 2nd March in reply to a Question from my hon. Friend the Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Mr. Edge), the National Enterprise Board has told the machine tool industry that it is willing to consider applications from individual companies for the provision of finance on commercial terms for building machine tools for stock.