Orders of the Day — Employment, North Lanarkshire and N.E. England

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 1 August 1961.

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Photo of Miss Peggy Herbison Miss Peggy Herbison , Lanarkshire North 12:00, 1 August 1961

The Parliamentary Secretary has spoken about one firm applying to B.O.T.A.C. and being offered something and not accepting it, then of a second firm applying to B.O.T.A.C. and not being given anything, and of a third which has applied to B.O.T.A.C. and is, possibly, to take the factory. This shows that there is delay. Is B.O.T.A.C. getting through these applications as quickly as it might?

The hon. Gentleman also said that there may have been more than five firms. But he should know, in an area which desperately needs work, how many there were. Three are accounted for. What about the others? Have they slipped through his fingers?