HC Deb 29 June 1964 vol 697 cc157-9W
Mr. K. Lewis

asked the Minister of Labour what progress he has made in setting up the Iron and Steel Industry Training Board.

Mr. Whitelaw

My right hon. Friend made the Order setting up the Board

percentage increase and decrease they represent on the 1951 figures.

Mr. Whitelaw

The following table gives the information for the area covered by the existing regions.

on 24th June. It will be laid on 2nd July, and become effective on 3rd July. The Board will hold its first meeting on Thursday, 23rd July.

The following have accepted my right hon. Friend's invitation to become members of the Board:

Chairman

Mr C. H. T. Williams, C.B.E., LP., M.I. Mech.E., M.I. Prod.E., Chairman, The Park Gate Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., Rotherham.

Employers

Mr. W. F. Cartwright, D.L., J.P., M.I. Mech.E., Managing Director, The Steel Company of Wales Limited, Port Talbot.

Mr. T. R. Craig, O.B.E., Deputy Chairman and Managing Director, Colvilles Ltd., Glasgow.

Mr. R. Dingwall, M.I.E.E., Director and Chief Engineer, Dorman Long (Steel) Limited, Middlesbrough.

Mr. H. P. Forder, Assistant Managing Director, The United Steel Companies Limited, Sheffield.

Mr. E. M. Summers, F.I.M., M.Inst.F, Director, Stanton and Staveley Limited, Nottingham.

Workers

Mr. J. M. Boyd, Convener, National Craftsmen's Co-ordinating Committee, Iron and Steel Industry.

Mr. D. H. Davies, Assistant General Secretary, The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation.

Mr. E. H. Hickery, Divisional Officer, The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, Newport, Monmouthshire.

Mr. H. R. Nicholas, O.B.E., Assistant General Secretary, Transport and General Workers Union.

Mr. J. O'Hagan, O.B.E., General Secretary, National Union of Blastfurnace-men, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades.

Educational Members

Mr. H. E. Crivan, B.Sc, A.R.C.S.T., F.R.I.C., F.I.M., Vice-Principal and Head of Department of Metallurgy, Coatbridge Technical College.

Dr. J. Houghton, J.P., Ph.D., B.Sc. (Eng.), M.I.Mech.E., A.F.R.Ae.S., CF., Principal, Constantine College of Technology, Middlesbrough.

Mr. T. H. Tunn, M.A., Director of Education, Sheffield.