HC Deb 15 November 1976 vol 919 c426W
Mr. Grylls

asked the Secretary of State for Industry why the Government have vetoed the removal of the Government laboratory from Cornwall House, S.E.1, to Swindon.

Mr. Les Huckfield

The decision to move the laboratory of the Government Chemist to West Cumbria was announced as part of the Government's general dispersal plan in July 1974. The aim of this programme was to provide new employment opportunities in the areas of greatest need.

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