To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what measures he proposes to enable empty industrial premises to be occupied.

The Welsh Development Agency, the Development Board for Rural Wales and the Welsh Office continue to work actively to attract the maximum amount possible of inward investment and to encourage indigenous Welsh companies to grow and prosper.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many industrial units stand empty in each of the industrial estate locations in each county in Wales.

This information is not collected centrally by the Welsh Office. Information is, however, available on those units owned by the Welsh Development Agency and the Development Board for Rural Wales. The number of units vacant at the end of October 1991 were 438 and 120 respectively, representing vacancy rates of 12·5 per cent. and 17·4 per cent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he proposes to hold with (a) the Welsh Development Agency and (b) Mid-Wales Development to take measures to attract occupants for empty industrial premises; and if he will make a statement.

I have regular discussions with the chairmen of the Welsh Development Agency and the Development Board for Rural Wales about a wide range of issues concerning the development of the Welsh economy.