§ Mr. HOFFMANasked the Lord Privy Seal if he is aware that, owing to the closing down of the Ebbw Vale Steel and Iron Company, some hundred shop assistants are under notice to leave their situations; and if he will consider steps to find alternative use for these works?
Mr. THOMASI was not aware that the decision to close down temporarily part of the steel works of this company had led to the result suggested. According to my information, the closing is temporary and is part of a necessary reorganisation; the proposal in the last part of the question does not, therefore, at present arise.