HC Deb 11 May 1948 vol 450 c195W
85. Mr. A. Edward Davies

asked the President of the Board of Trade how soon he expects to be able to announce the composition of the Development Council for the pottery industry; and whether he will expedite its introduction.

Mr. H. Wilson

At a meeting with representatives of the British Pottery Manufacturers' Federation last month they advanced certain proposals, as an alternative to those which I had put forward to them, on which they considered that agreement with both sides of the industry could be reached. Though I remain of the opinion that a Development Council is desirable in this industry, I agreed that the employers should discuss their new proposals with the union concerned, and I arranged that they should report the result of these discussions to me at a joint meeting with representatives of the union to be held soon after Whitsun.