HC Deb 13 November 1967 vol 754 c41W
100. Mr. Bob Brown

asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he is taking to ensure that jobs will be made available to those of the 600 men employed by the National Coal Board at North Walbottle Colliery who will not obtain alternative employment in the mines when the closure occurs in February next.

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody

Every effort is being made to encourage the creation of alternative employment opportunities. In particular I am trying to find a tenant for the advance factory recently completed in Newburn, and for the factory previously occupied by Denewood Distributors.