§ Lord RochesterMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question which stands in my name on the Order Paper.
§ The Question was as follows:
§ To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, when the Manpower Services Commission has completed its current sectoral review of training arrangements, it will publish the criteria on which its conclusions are based and indicate the extent to which the criteria have been met in each sector.
The Minister of State, Department of Employment (The Earl of Gowrie)My Lords, my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Employment has asked the Manpower Services Commission to publish its report on its sectoral review of future training arrangements before the Summer Recess. The report itself is likely to explain the criteria which the commission has applied in carrying out its review, and to identify those criteria which have influenced its conclusions on the most appropriate training arrangements for each sector.
§ Lord RochesterMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that Answer. Is he aware that it will give pleasure to those who feel that the principles which will help the Secretary of State to determine the future of industrial training boards should be open to public and parliamentary scrutiny? Is the noble Earl in a position to say whether the commission's conclusions are likely to be made known to us before the Report stage and Third Reading of the Employment and Training Bill which is now going through your Lordships' House?
The Earl of GowrieMy Lords, the usual channels have arranged for the Report stage and Third Reading to take place on Friday week, and that still leaves us a little time before the beginning of the Recess, so I cannot say which will be the first.