Motor Car Industry

47.

Mr. Leslie Huckfield
asked the Secretary of State for Industry what studies and research are now being undertaken into the future of the car industry.

Mr. Meacher
In the United Kingdom, important studies are in hand by the Trade and Industry Sub-Committee of the Expenditure Committee and by the Central Policy Review Staff. Sir Don Ryder has recently submitted his report on British Leyland. An econometric model for short-term forecasting has been developed under the auspices of the National Economic Development Office.