Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 4 May 1964.
Mrs Eirene White
, Flintshire East
12:00,
4 May 1964
I am rather more interested in the next Order than directly concerned with this one. As I have in my Constituency no fewer than four Courtauld establishments and as British Celanese is just over the border in Wrexham, I am impelled to say how glad I am that man-made fibres have at last come of age and have been recognised in this way.
I warmly support what my hon. Friend the Member for Ashton-under- Lyne (Mr. Rhodes) said about Courtaulds, because it is a firm of which all of us who are connected with it, directly or indirectly, are very proud. I have had some opportunity of seeing some of the research work which it does at its own establishment in Coventry. Would I be right in thinking that much of the work that will be coming under the Shirley Institute will be not so much for the production of man-made fibres as for their use in conjunction with other fibres? In other words, if the work is done successfully, as we hope, we shall have even better markets for our North Wales products in Lancashire than we have had hitherto.
If my interpretation of the Order is correct, I am quite sure that I can join the congratulations of North Wales to those of other hon. Members who are present for this new enterprise.
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