Can the hon. Gentleman say how many jobs have already been created since the inception of the Local Employment Act and as a direct result of it? Can he undertake to make representations to the President of the Board of Trade to pay particular attention to an application which is currently under discussion and about which I saw him last week? The Minister recognises, does he not, that the firm in question had what was, on the surface, an extremely attractive offer from Ireland and that if the Board of Trade is not more forthcoming than it has been hitherto with this application, the firm might well be lost to my area, which would be a serious blow to an area which is suffering from a decline in the mining industry?