HC Deb 26 July 1977 vol 936 cc185-6W
Mr. David Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what figures defining small firms are the current equivalent of the definition of a small firm used by the Bolton Committee, Cmnd. Paper No. 4811.

Mr. Cryer

If the retail price index is used, the current equivalent turnover figures are as stated in my answer to the equipment for the new small car project. I understand that few if any orders have so far been placed for equipment specific to this project. The new project itself has been discussed between my Department and the National Enterprise Board on a number of occasions. It is my Department and British Leyland's policy that they should buy British wherever this is commercially practicable.