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Motion made, and Question proposed,
That the Iron and Steel (Compensation to Employees) (Amendment) Regulations 1971, a draft of which was laid before this House on 23rd November, be approved.—[Mr. Ridley.]
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§ Mr. Brian O'Malley (Rotherham)I in no way wish to oppose this Statutory Instrument because I learn from the Explanatory Note that it will be helpful to a number of people working in the steel industry. However, I should be grateful if the Under-Secretary would give a brief explanation of the implications of the regulations so that they may be clear to workers in steel areas such as mine.
§ The Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Mr. Nicholas Ridley)I am delighted to respond to that invitation. This Statutory Instrument has two purposes. First, it allows the compensation provisions of the 1967 Act to be applied to persons who become redundant as a result either of the dissolution of the companies or of the formation of the groupings which were the result of the 1969 Act.
Second, it brings the terms of compensation into line with what is standard practice in all such compensation Instruments for the public sector whereby service with the Crown is not deemed to be service in the Armed Forces but service in any other employ of the Crown. Those two objects are all that the regulations seek to bring about. The first is as a result of legislation since the original nationalisation Act was passed, and the second is merely to bring the recommendations into line with standard practice.
§ Question put and agreed to.
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