HC Deb 15 November 1967 vol 754 cc154-5W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Minister of Technology what steps he is taking to prevent the redundancies recently announced at E.C.C. Limited, Wolverhampton, and which will result in trained engineers and skilled men losing their employment in a firm with a valuable export potential.

Mr. Benn

I greatly regret that owing to temporary shortage of orders some forty members of this company will shortly be made redundant of whom nine are skilled workers. My right hon. Friend the Minister of Labour does not expect there to be serious difficulty in finding alternative employment in this area.