HC Deb 09 March 1978 vol 945 c755W
Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list his Department's various programmes designed, among other things, to encourage new industrial investment in special development areas.

Mr. Shore

A number of the Department's programmes support, and to an extent encourage, industrial and other investment in special development areas and elsewhere. These include: water and sewerage programmes; new towns programmes (four new towns are situated in special development areas); the urban programme and inner cities programmes; derelict land clearance programme.