HC Deb 03 December 1998 vol 321 c283W
19. Mr. Pickthall

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what measures he is taking to ensure that DTI grants helping foreign-owned industries to move into the north-west do not disadvantage existing indigenous industries. [61316]

Mrs. Roche

Displacements are a primary factor when considering grants for mobile investments. There is no national benefit in supporting a project which simply knocks out equivalent employment in competing businesses.