§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if his Department made any investigation into the operations of the Technology Development Group (TDG Limited) of London in advance of its intended purchase of the Lear Fan factory in Northern Ireland in 1989.
§ Mr. Needham[holding answer 22 October 1990]: The Technology Development Group (TDG) was a shareholder in SRC Composites Ltd. (SRC). The Industrial Development Board always conducts a rigorous investigation of inward investment projects and it was in the initial stages of the appraisal of SRC that the decision not to assist the project was taken in the light of Foreign and Commonwealth Office advice. It was therefore not necessary to conduct an in-depth investigation into TDG as part of this project.