4. Mrs. Slaterasked the Minister of Labour what is the extent of present redundancy at Swynnerton and Radway Green Royal Ordnance factories, and what opportunities exist for alternative employment.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodDuring June, 350 part-time women workers were discharged from Swynnerton and 610 full-time workers from Radway Green. There are practically no opportunities for part-time work in the area but there are full-time opportunities, which some of the Swynnerton workers have accepted, for women in pottery and textiles and for men in engineering and metal manufacture, coal mining, rubber manufacture and pottery.
5. Mrs. Slaterasked the Minister of Labour what administrative machinery exists for co-ordination between other Departments and his Department to provide alternative employment for those made redundant at Radway Green and Swynnerton Royal Ordnance factories.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodThe arrangements which I described in the defence debate on 17th April are designed to give my Department as long notice as possible of impending redundancies so that action can be taken without delay to help the redundant workers to obtain other employment.