HC Deb 18 February 1960 vol 617 c148W
92. Mr. Mapp

asked the President of the Board of Trade the anticipated extent of redundancy in the Oldham area arising from the Cotton Industry Act, 1959, with the scrapping period for machinery ending on 31st March next; and what action he proposes to take in view of the scheduled redundancy and unemployment that is imminent.

Mr. Maudling

No reliable estimate is possible, but most of those displaced should be able to find alternative work in the cotton industry or elsewhere.