§ 40. Mr. Skeffingtonasked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that, in addition to the redundancies of 3,000 workers at the Electrical and Musical Industries factories at Hayes, Middlesex, notice has now been given to a further number of employees in the cabinet factory; and what steps he proposes to take to find alternative employment for those displaced.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodMy information is that redundancy at the cabinet factory is not in addition to those already announced. No notices have yet been issued, but I understand that polished cabinets will not be made after August or September and that the cabinet factory's other activities will be reviewed at the end of the year. When it is known which workers have been selected for discharge, everything possible will be done to put them in touch with employers with vacancies.