§ 51. Mr. Parkerasked the President of the Board of Trade what assurances he sought, and what assurances he received, from the Ford Motor Company, in the light of the undertakings in regard to management and employment policies given by that company to Her Majesty's Government in November 1960, concerning the employment of an American, Mr. Stanley Gillen, as managing director of the British Ford Motor Company, and Mr. Harley Copp, another American, as head of engineering design in Great Britain.
§ Mr. JayNo special assurances have been sought; but I am advised that, in accordance with those given earlier, the majority of the Board of Ford Motor Co. remains British, with Mr. Gillen as the only non-British member, and the company's employment policy of recruiting staff on merit regardless of nationality remains unchanged.