§ Mr. LansleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list successful clusters of technology-related developments of the kind described in the Competitiveness White Paper. [76075]
§ Mr. Battle[holding answer 11 March 1999]: The Competitiveness White Paper said that clusters were a strong source of business development for all types of business, not just technology-related ones. It would not be possible to list all the clusters in the UK, but examples include TV and film post-production in Central London, broadcast technology in Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire, chemicals in Teesside, electronics in and around Cambridge, biotechnology clusters also in and around Cambridge and in Oxfordshire, Guildford and Central Scotland.