§ Mr. Errollasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a list of the cotton-spinning firms whose schemes of reorganisation have been approved and who qualify for grants under the Cotton-Spinning (Re-equipment Subsidy) Act; and in which cases have 225W the workers' organisations agreed to double-shift working when the new machinery is installed.
§ Mr. BottomleyModernisation schemes of two groups—the Barber Textile Corporation Limited and the Beehive Spinning Company Limited—have been approved. Five other groups have submitted proposed schemes which are being examined by the Cotton Board. The hon. Member will realise that the time taken to prepare schemes of modernisation must vary from group to group according to the complexity of the problems involved. The introduction of double-shift working in modernised mills is a matter for negotiation between managements and operatives. I do not know whether managements of either of the groups I have mentioned have raised the matter with the representatives of the operatives concerned.