§ 25. Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Labour when he anticipates being able to make a statement on industrial health services and organisation as envisaged in paragraph 143 of the Report on the Staffing and Organisation of the Factory Inspectorate.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodI am not able to say when I shall be in a position to make such a statement.
§ Mr. WilleyIt is very heartening to read in the Report that much thinking is taking place about this matter, but is it unrealistic to expect effective action in the near future as a result of that thinking?
§ Mr. MacleodThe main thinking referred to in paragraph 143 of the Report, which the hon. Gentleman quotes, is that being done by the Industrial Health Advisory Committee. I should not like to hurry that. I think that it is more important that we get the right answer than that we come to a conclusion quickly. In particular, I am sure that we want the result of the very important survey going on in Stoke-on-Trent into the pottery industry, which will not be available until the end of the year.
§ Dr. StrossIs the Minister aware that the investigation to which he has just referred as taking place in north Staffordshire into the pottery industry is going very well, but that if it were hurried too much and not completed properly we should lose all the best benefits that we expect from it?