Orders of the Day — Co-operative Development Agency and Industrial Development Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 7:35 pm on 7 February 1984.

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Photo of Gordon Brown Gordon Brown , Dunfermline East 7:35, 7 February 1984

Does the hon. Gentleman recognise that with the present level of regional assistance 1,099 companies have closed in Scotland since 1979 under the administration of a Conservative Government? If the level of regional aid is cut, as he is agreeing to, how many more companies will be lost and how many more jobs will go?