91 Ibid. 92 Ibid, 6. 93 Elliot, “Tyres sector working party,” (Secretary’s meeting notes) 23. 94 Ibid, 22. 95 Ibid, 25. Under <strong>the</strong> Conservative Government <strong>of</strong> 1962-64 public <strong>of</strong>ficials sitting on <strong>the</strong> EDCs were in a junior role. However, <strong>the</strong> Labour Government <strong>of</strong> 1964-69 used <strong>the</strong> public <strong>of</strong>ficials to press government policies (Shonfield, Modern Capitalism, 174). 96 NEDO/RP/IS (79) 3 rd Meeting, Rubber Process Sector Working Party, 30 August 1979, para 5.2. 97 Wilks, Industrial Policy, 188 and 277. 98 SRI, Prospects and Opportunities. 99 NEDO/TI (81) 3, “<strong>The</strong> future <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> UK <strong>tyre</strong> <strong>industry</strong>,” Tyre Industry Sector Working Party, 30 January 1981. 100 NEDO/TI (80) 38, “Forecasts <strong>of</strong> markets and manpower requirements,” Tyre Industry Sector Working Party, 29 October 1980. 101 NEDO/TI (81) 4, 30 April 1981. <strong>The</strong> BRMA did confirm that members would discuss <strong>the</strong> strategy papers at <strong>the</strong> next SWP meeting. 102 Grant, Political Economy, 65. 103 Stout, “Deindustrialisation,” 195. 104 Stout, “Deindustrialisation,” 194. 105 Wilks, Industrial Policy, 266. 106 Ibid, 269. 107 Grant, Political Economy, 65. 108 Ibid, 66. 109 NEDO, State and Progress, 3. 110 Imberg and Northcott, Investment Policy, 8. 111 Ibid. 112 <strong>The</strong> SWP did lobby government for anti-dumping action against East European imports and a new <strong>tyre</strong>-tread law. 113 Ibid, 8-9. 114 Driver, “Import substitution,” 173. 115 NEDO, Annual Report 1978-79: 10. 116 Grant, Political Economy, 68. 117 Balogh, “Comment on Stout,” 201. 118 Kirby, “Supply-side management,” 255.
119 Wilks, Industrial Policy, 268. 120 Flanders, “Trade unions and <strong>the</strong> force <strong>of</strong> tradition,” 289. 121 Grant and Wilks, “<strong>British</strong> industrial policy,” 23. 122 Kirby, “Institutional rigidities,” 653. Table 1 Employment and output in <strong>the</strong> UK <strong>tyre</strong> <strong>industry</strong>, 1973-82