HC Deb 10 February 1965 vol 706 cc109-10W
Mr. Maxwell

asked the Minister of Power what consultations he has had, and plans to have, with the steel industry as a whole and with individual com- panies, in carrying out the Government's plans to renationalise the industry; and whether he will make a statement.

Mr. Frederick Lee

Consultations are taking place with a number of individual companies and with the following representative organisations of the iron and steel industry, in addition to the Iron and Steel Board:

  • British Federation of Iron and Steel Stockholders;
  • British Iron and Steel Federation;
  • British Shipbreakers' Association;
  • British Steel Founders' Association;
  • Joint Iron Council;
  • National Council of Associated Iron Ore Producers;
  • National Federation of Iron and Steel Merchants;
  • National Federation of Scrap Iron, Steel and Metal Merchants;
  • Steel Distributors' Association.

I am also having consultations with the Trades Union Congress, the British Employers' Confederation, the Federation of British Industries and the National Association of British Manufacturers.