HC Deb 12 February 1968 vol 758 cc260-1W
54. Mr. Edelman

asked the Minister of Technology what action he is taking to prevent the shut-down of the Hawker Siddeley Dynamics factory at Whitley, with the consequent dispersal of its labour force, including design teams with highly specialised skills indispensable to the future development of technology.

Mr. Stonehouse:

The company's future programme of guided weapons work will not support design teams at both Whitley and Hatfield, and it therefore makes industrial sense for the Company's activities to be concentrated at one establishment.