§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will propose changes in Her Majesty's Government's regional policy aimed at moving towards selective aid on an industrial rather than on a geographic basis.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe Government will continue to maintain a balance between assistance to those parts of the country suffering from long-term problems of unemployment and structural decline, and national selective aids to industry designed primarily to encourage the introduction of new technology to improve industrial efficiency and to increase competitiveness.