to the consequence of the decision, do not seem to bear out the basic contention; and the respective abilities of the TDC and TICD to conduct industrial promotion seem still to be as heavily in favour of the latter they ever were.
15
There is a substantial difference between trade and industrial promotion, notwithstanding that they may inevitably overlap a little at the margin. The style, technique, qualifications and back-up resources are quite disparate. The TDC could, perhaps, recruit specialists as TICD has done; but it could not possibly duplicate the substantial resources of the Department of Industry to service and support them. And for these specialists, as was once suggested, to be employed by the TDC and work effectively to the TICD would be a logistical and administrative nonsense, carrying in it the seeds of dissension and serving no useful purpose whatsoever.
16
A practical working relationship in this field already exists between the TICD and the other bodies concerned, including notably the TDC. There is no reason why this cannot be further developed.
17
The effectiveness of the evolving organisation and the techniques it uses can only be fully assessed in time. The Industry Advisory Board will keep them under regular review. The Director of Trade Industry and Customs feels strongly that it would be premature to try to make any judgment at this time and that an arbitrary change of policy direction would be totally disruptive of the entire long term effort.
18
Members are invited to note this paper.
(The Secretary for Economic Services (Mr D. G. JEAFFRESON) and the Director of Trade Industry and Customs (Mr W. DORWARD) will attend before the Council for the discussion of this item).
17th September 1981
(CR 18/40/581/77)
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