Despite the inward investment, does the Minister realise that demand for motor cars in this country is low? Indeed, 340 dealers went to the wall last year. Ford has announced 1,000 redundancies and matters will be made worse by the 2·5 per cent. increase in value added tax. Does the Minister agree that despite the increase in exports, if there is not a strong home demand for cars more redundancies. more short-time working and cuts in investment, training and research and development will follow? That will not augur well for the future of the British motor industry.