§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Industry what is the policy of his Department towards the proposals contained in the recent report "Entrepreneurship and the New Firm" by Dr. David Storey of Newcastle university, a copy of which has been sent to him, in particular in respect of its ideas for more positive discrimination in favour of regions and countries within the United 9W Kingdom suffering high unemployment, for regional selective assistance to be more widely used, for the extension of regional development grants to secondhand and leased equipment and for regional variations to be introduced for taxes such as value added tax; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe Government remain committed, as frequently stated in the House, to maintaining to the end of this Parliament the broad shape of current policy. The Department notes Dr. Story's book as a contribution to the discussion of regional and small firms policy over the longer term.