§ 47. Sir R. Russellasked the Minister of Labour what inquiries were made by the Engineering Industries Training Board and the Furniture and Timber Industry Training Board about the suitability and competence of management training and development courses before they announced that all such courses would qualify for general grant.
§ Mr. HattersleyThat is a matter for the boards concerned.
§ Sir R. RussellWhen giving grants for management courses, should not the Government make sure that these boards are efficient before distributing public money in this way?
§ Mr. HattersleyThe two principal boards covered by this Question are not receiving grants from the Government, but are administering grants or levies charged on their constituent firms. It is the Government's view and the object of the Act that the boards should take the opportunity of consulting industry and making sure industry approves of what they do. That is what operates under the present scheme.