§ Mr. Hendersonasked the Secretary of State for Industry what progress has been made towards privatisation of the computer aided design centre.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Industry has today agreed in principle for the computer aided design centre at Cambridge to be sold to a consortium led by IC'L and including Sia and W. S. Atkins. The new owners of the CAD centre will actively develop computer aided design and computer aided manufacture techniques in the United Kingdom.