§ Mr. Michael J. Martin (Glasgow, Springburn)I beg to ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House, under Standing Order No. 10, for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration, namely,
the severe rundown of the BREL works at Springburn.Two years ago, that workshop employed 3,000 people. The Secretary of State for Transport told us that the best we can expect is between 150 and 200 people employed there. They include—I mean no disrespect to them— canteen workers, cleaners, security men and the like. That means that, if we are lucky, there will be about 100 skilled jobs in a community which used to have 10,000 railway engineering workers. That is a scandal. It is a blow to my community where one in four people are out of work. I ask that consideration be given to this matter.
§ Mr. SpeakerThe hon. Member asks leave to move the Adjournment of the House for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter that he thinks should have urgent consideration, namely,
the redundancies at Springburn railworks.I have listened carefully to the exchanges and I fully appreciate the impact of the redundancies on the hon. Member's constituents. I regret that I do not consider that the matter the hon. Member has raised is appropriate for discussion under Standing Order No. 10. I cannot, therefore, submit his application to the House. However, I hope that he will find other ways of raising the matter in the Chamber.