HC Deb 07 December 1981 vol 14 c299W
Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will take steps to attract industry to the Leicester area by use of his powers under the Industry Act.

Mr. MacGregor

National schemes of assistance to industry, operated under section 8 of the Industry Act 1972, are open to eligible projects in the Leicester area on the same basis as for the country generally. It remains the Government's policy, however, to concentrate regional incentives made available under other sections of the Act on the areas most in need of such assistance.