Mr. R. C. Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what steps she is taking to encourage the production of locally agreed schemes for the payment of redundancy pay to employees in the shipbuilding and ship-repairing industries as provided for by section 11 of the Redundancy Payments Act.
§ Mr. HattersleyMy right hon. Friend's predecessor discussed the possibility of having schemes with representatives of the industries and it is for them to decide whether to put proposals forward. If our assistance is sought we should be ready to help in any way possible.