asked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development whether he will advertise in the national newspapers those advance factories which are not yet tenanted.

I am prepared to consider advertising in suitable cases.

May I thank my right hon. Friend for that reply? Does he consider that bringing these advance factories to the notice of industrialists is being pursued vigorously enough at the moment? If property companies find it advisable to advertise in the local papers, should not his Department do so?

That is why I say I am prepared to consider advertising in the newspapers where that appears to be suitable. Advance factories are advertised regularly in the Board of Trade Journal and we find that most tenancies result from approaches either to the Industrial Estates Management Corporations or to our regional offices. We wish to pursue every possible channel and I shall consider the suggestion made by my hon. Friend.