Welsh Development Agency

HC Deb 21 January 1980 vol 977 c45W

Mr. van Straubenzee

asked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he is satisfied with the current workings of the Welsh Development Agency.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

Yes, I am satisfied that the agency can make a substantial contribution to industrial development in Wales, while working within guidelines which emphasise the need for a commercial approach.

INFANT AND PERINATAL MORTALITY
First nine months of each year
			1976	1977	1978	1979
			Provisional	Final	Provisional	Final	Provisional	Final	Provisiona
Infant deaths per 1,000 live births	…	…	12.5	13.1	13.2	13.8	12.6	13.2	12.1
Perinatal deaths per 1,000 live and still births	…	…	18.0	18.2	18.1	18.0	16.8	16.6	16.0