§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales, in the light of the reduction of the factory building programme in Dyfed for the coming 12 months, if he will consider other methods of bringing jobs into those parts of the country with high unemployment rates, such as a fresh public works programme.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsNew measures are not justified. While the WDA will not be able to start new factory building416W elsewhere in Dyfed, I would point out that the special programme of industrial development for the Port Talbot area which I announced on 1 April included 100,000 sq. ft. of advance factory space for the Llanelli and Dinefwr districts of Dyfed, to be started in the next 12 months. In the same period the DBRW will start 17,800 sq. ft. in Ceredigion. There is vacant advance factory space elsewhere in Dyfed.