INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY

HC Deb 02 February 1978 vol 943 cc248-9W

Q19. Mr. Ridley

asked the Prime Minister if he will reconvene the Chequers Conference of two years ago in order to review the progress of the industrial strategy.

Q28. Mr. Pattie

asked the Prime Minister whether he will reconvene the Chequers Conference on industrial strategy.

Q35. Mr. Tebbit

asked the Prime Minister whether he will now convene another conference at Chequers to consider industrial strategy.

Q36. Mr. Michael Latham

asked the Prime Minister whether he will reconvene the Chequers Conference on the industrial strategy to review the progress achieved over the last two years since its previous meeting.

Mr. Tim Renton

asked the Prime Minister whether he will convene another conference at Chequers to consider the industrial strategy.

The Prime Minister

The Chequers Conference was a meeting of the National Economic Development Council. I chaired a further meeting of NEDC yesterday, which was devoted entirely to discussing the work of the sector working parties during the last year and reviewing the progress of the industrial strategy.