Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Industry, Trade and Regional Development – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 18 June 1964.
Miss Peggy Herbison
, Lanarkshire North
12:00,
18 June 1964
asked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development if, in view of his recent visit to the area, he has now reached a decision on the need for an additional industrial estate in Lanarkshire.
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