§ Mr. T. GRIFFITHSasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether a copy of the Appendix referred to on page 8, first paragraph (Annex), of the recommendations of the Import Duties Advisory Committee [Cmd. 4181], is available to Members; whether, in any schemes of reorganisation in the iron and steel industry, consideration is being given to the scheme submitted to this and previous Governments by the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation as regards the part labour will take, including the protection of the interests of the workpeople; and, if so, what is the nature of it?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAMy right hon. Friend agrees with the Import Duties Advisory Committee that for the reasons stated in the sixth paragraph of their report of 13th October it would not be in the public interest to publish the document referred to. With regard to the remainder of the question, the National Committee of the Iron and Steel Industry will no doubt take this and other relevant matters into account in framing their scheme of reorganisation.