§ Mr. Kenneth Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for Industry what steps are taken to ensure that the advance factory building programme of the Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas when undertaken in areas near to assisted areas does not compete directly with the advance factory building programme within those areas of the English Industrial Estates Corporation when both programmes are financed by public funds.
§ Mr. MarksI have been asked to reply.
Expenditure by COSIRA on factory building programmes in rural areas is incurred only with the approval of my Department. There is consultation with the Department of Industry on the siting of these factories and on the selection of the tenants to avoid conflict with regional policy.