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Mr. Chetwynd
asked the Minister of Transport whether he has approved the proposal of British Railways to build a factory in Lancashire to manufacture railway castings at present made by firms on Tees-side.
Mr. Barnes
My hon. Friend is presumably referring to the scheme for the mechanisation of the foundries of the former L.M.S. Railway Workshops at Horwich. This was authorised by me in June, 1947.