§ Mr. Manderasked the Minister of Production what proportion the 4,565 firms having joint production committees, or equivalent bodies, bear to the total number of firms in a position to form such committees or who have entered into agreement to form them; in how many cases there has been resistance to such formation and by whom.
§ Mr. Garro JonesThe Joint Production Committees are a feature of the engineering and allied industries. For reasons which my hon. Friend will appreciate I cannot give figures which would indicate the total strength of a particular group of industries. But my information is that of the firms in those industries employing over 15o workpeople about two-thirds have joint production committees or equivalent bodies. I regret that the information asked for in the second part of the Question is not available.