§ Mr. Nicholas WintertonTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what recent representations he has received concerning the proposed award of an investment grant to the Turkish company TOPRAC for the opening of a sanitary ware and tile manufacturing company on Merseyside; what is the value of the proposed grant; whether its award has been approved by the European Union; when it is expected the grant will be paid; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Page[holding answer 22 February 1995]: The Department of Trade and Industry has received a number of representations about this matter. An announcement will be made in due course and I will be writing to my hon. Friend.
§ Mr. Nicholas WintertonTo ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) what specific consultation he undertook with the British sanitary ware and tile manufacturing industry about the implications for existing companies of the proposed award of an investment grant to the Turkish company TOPRAC for the opening of a320W sanitary ware and tile manufacturing company on Merseyside;
(2) what assessment he has made of the impact on employment for existing companies in the sanitary ware and tile manufacturing industries of the proposed award of an investment grant to the Turkish company TOPRAC for the opening of a sanitary ware and tile manufacturing company on Merseyside.
§ Mr. Page[holding answer 22 February. 1995]: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by the then Under-Secretary of State for Industry and Energy to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, North (Ms Walley) on 30 November 1994, Official Report, column 705.