HC Deb 23 March 1981 vol 1 cc262-3W
Mr. John Home Robertson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if the Scottish Development Agency would be acting within the terms of the Government's industrial investment guidelines in continuing to operate the firm of Lemac in Haddington, East Lothian, if the current negotiations for the sale of the company were to fail.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

Yes. The critical question would be whether the commercial considerations justified such action.