§ Mr. BurdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assistance is being planned for companies in the Rover supply chain which are heavily1092W dependent on revenue from supplying parts for the Rover 25 and 45 where business is being affected by interruption of production associated with the transfer of the Rover 75 production line from Oxford to Longbridge. [133860]
§ Mr. ByersI have considered the position of suppliers to the Rover 25 and 45 models, who will be faced with considerable disruption and down-time as the assembly lines at Longbridge are re-configured to allow more flexible production of these two models from a single line. I have therefore decided to extend the support already announced for suppliers to the Rover 75 model, so as to make it available also to those companies most heavily reliant on the Rover 25 and 45.