Leyland Vehicles Ltd.

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Industry – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 6 June 1984.

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Photo of Mr Michael Meadowcroft Mr Michael Meadowcroft , Leeds West 12:00, 6 June 1984

Will the Secretary of State accept that necessary Government support for British Leyland has to extend beyond his Department, and that the loss of 440 jobs at Charles H. Roe at Leeds is a direct result of the reduction in the transport supplementary grant and the phasing out of bus grants? Will he therefore speak to his right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment to see that rate levels and rate-capping do not prevent orders being given for at least 100 buses a year, which are all that are required to save that plant?