HC Deb 02 February 1979 vol 961 cc588-9W
Mr. Mudd

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he has any contingency plans for an industrial stimulus for Falmouth in the event of male unemployment reaching 2,000, or 28 per cent., as a consequence of any decision regarding the future of Falmouth docks.

Mr. Les Huckfield

Falmouth is a development area and, as a result, a wide range of incentives is already available there to promote industrial development. My right hon. Friend has been carefully considering an application to designate the whole of Cornwall as a special development area. Obviously, he would take into account any important developments affecting Cornwall's economy.