§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the uncertainty prevailing in Glenrothes, Fife, concerning the future of the Associated Electrical Industries' factory there following the General Electric Company-Associated Electrical Industries merger; and what steps he intends to take to safeguard the future livelihood of the 900 workers there.
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OVERSEAS COMMUNICATIONS FLIGHTS MADE BY H.S. 125 G-ATPC, DURING 12 MONTHS—MARCH, 1967 TO FEBRUARY, 1968 Date Destination Number of passengers Direct operating cost of flight £ 2nd March, 1967 … Brussels and Bretigny … … 5 outward … … 312 6 inward … … 4th April, 1967 … Brussels … … … … 6 outward … … 275 1 inward … … 5th April, 1967 … Metz … … … … 3 outward … … 293 4 inward … … 25th May, 1967 (return 27th May, 1967) Turin … … … … 5 both ways … … 356 2nd June, 1967 … Paris … … … … 4 both ways … … 200 10th July, 1967 (return 11th July, 1967) Lyons and Rome … … … 5 both ways … … 512 14th July, 1967 … Lyons and Rome … … … 6 both ways … … 500 5th September, 1967 … Paris and Bonn … … … 4 (Paris-Bonn) … 254 27th September, 1967 … Basle … … … … 2 outward … … 269 29th September, 1967 … Brussels … … … … 5 outward … … 174 30th September, 1967 … Brussels … … … … 3 inward … … 174 5th October, 1967 … Strasbourg … … … … 3 outward … … 263 27th October, 1967 … Geneva … … … … 3 inward … … 293 28th November, 1967 … Geneva … … … … 3 outward … … 287 7th December, 1967 … Brussels … … … … 2 outward … … 269 4 inward … … 11th December, 1967 … Paris and Toulouse … … … 5 outward … … 356 2 inward … … 11th December, 1967 … Toulouse … … … … 6 inward … … 375 29th December, 1967 … Rome and Lyons … … … 6 outward … … 500 3 inward … … 18th January, 1968 (return 19th January. 1968) Cologne … … … … 6 both ways … … 269 29th January, 1968 … Strasbourg … … … … 4 both ways … … 312 20th February, 1968 … Cologne … … … … 3 both ways … … 188 26th February, 1968 … Brussels and Ypenburg … … 3 both ways … … 162
§ Mr. CroslandI welcome this opportunity of making it clear that, in connection with the recent merger, the company has undertaken to give full weight to the Government's regional policies. I understand, moreover, that the company will expand employment and production in Glenrothes.