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at both kinds of clinics in 1975 was
\ 154,000.
Katy: Massacre
Sir Frederic Bennett asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the matter of the erection of a memorial to those killed in the Katyn Massacre in 1940 was raised in his recent discussions with Mr. Gromyko; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Hattersley : No. The Soviet autho- rities are free to make their views known on this question. We have made it clear to the Soviet and the Polish authorities that it is for the relevant local authority to decide whether or not the proposed memorial should be erected.
Sir Frederic Bennett asked the Sccre- tary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth Affairs if he will make an official protest to the Ambassador of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics against his attempted intervention in a matter solely within British domestic jurisdiction. namely, the erection of a memorial to the Polish victims of the Katyn massacre in 1940.
Air. Hattersley : No.
INDUSTRY
Accelerated Investment Scheme (Grants)
Mr. Grylls asked the Secretary of State for Industry how many applications his Department has received for grants under its current accelerated investment
scheme: how many of these applications have been refused; and whether he will list in the Official Report the number of grants made, by firm and amount of the grant.
Mr. Gregor Mackenzie: 223 applica- tions have been received. Of these, 43 have been withdrawn or rejected, and 19 offers have been made involving assist- ance totalling £27 million in relation to capital investment projects estimated to cost £177 million. The names will, in accordance with the arrangements notified to the House on 31st July 1974, be pub- lished in the quarter following the first payment. Companies which are prepared to have their projects disclosed are BP Chemicals International Ltd. (IRG of
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£10-14 million), Lucas Industries Ltd. (IRG of £3.7 million), and Ransome, Hoffman Pollard Ltd. (Loan of £4-9 million).
Aerospace Industry
Mr. Tebbit asked the Secretary of State for Industry what is the total cost to date of the Organising Committee for British Aerospace; and if he will give a separate statement of the amount due to be paid in salary and expenses to the Chairman.
Mr. Kauiman: The costs of the Organising Committee up to 31st March 1976 are provisionally estimated at about £30.000. Lord Beswick's salary, as bas already been announced, is £23,330 per
annum.
Mr. Tebbit asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list the mem- bers of the Organising Committee for British Aerospace together with a list of the Committee's achievements since it was appointed.
Mr. Kaufman: My right hon. Friend has appointed Lord Beswick as Chair- man. Lord Beswick has done much pre- paratory work and held discussions with a wide range of people in the industry. As a result, the Committee will be able to make early progress as soon as my right hon. Friend makes further appoint-
ments.
Concorde
Mr. Terry Walker asked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will make a statement on the talks held with the French Transport Minister in Paris on 29th March on the future of the Concorde project.
Mr. Kaufman: My hon. Friend, the Under-Secretary of State in the Depart- ment of Trade, and I met the French Secretary of State for Transport, M. Cavaillé, in Paris on 29th March to review the progress of the Concorde project.
We and M. Cavaillé noted with satis- faction the significant progress made since the last Ministerial meeting on 25th March 1975. Since then the aircraft has been certificated, simultaneously intro- duced into commercial services by British' Airways and Air France on 21st January, and has demonstrated great reliability in
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