North-East Lancashire Development Area

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 13 November 1952.

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Photo of Mr Peter Thorneycroft Mr Peter Thorneycroft , Monmouth 12:00, 13 November 1952

No, Sir. I do not think it is prejudiced. It is true that the area which has been designated is one which, in my view, requires special assistance from the Government in order to help it secure some diversification. I have decided to give it that help if the House agrees, and I believe it would be wrong to take away from that assistance by spreading the area so widely as to make the help really meaningless.