§ Mr. McKayasked the Minister of Labour what consideration he is giving to the establishment of a national redundancy scheme.
§ Mr. HareMethods of improving arrangements for dealing with redundancy are being studied by my Ministry and by the employers nationalised industries and trade unions on my National Joint Advisory Council. The subject was first discussed by the N.J.A.C. in January last. Discussion will be resumed at the Council's next meeting later this month. At this stage I do not want to prejudge the best ways of handling this problem.