asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will state, concerning the construction of new factories in the city of Portsmouth and extensions to existing factories, respectively the names of the firms and the nature of the undertaking for each of those projects for which approval has been granted by his Department since the end of the war.

Since the end of the war, approval has been granted for the erection of five new factories and three extensions to existing factories (5,000 sq. ft. and over) in Portsmouth and district. Four of these projects are sited within the City of Portsmouth. Since detailed information regarding industrial developments is given in confidence to the Board by the industrialists concerned, I am not in a position to disclose the names of actual firms, but the location of these factories and types of production for which they will be issued are as follow: