HC Deb 19 December 1968 vol 775 cc465-6W
Mr. Ridley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will set up a court of inquiry into the 23 week-old strike at the Vickers shipyard at Barrow-in-Furness.

Mr. Hattersley

The company and the Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundry Workers are meeting today in Barrow under the chairmanship of my Department to try and find a basis for a return to work. My right hon. Friend will consider the need for further action in the light of the results of this meeting.