§ 69. Mr. Bishopasked the Minister of Labour if he will consider introducing legislation to require private employers, whether or not public subsidies, grants and assistance are being paid to them, to give adequate notice of impending redundancy following consultations with their employees, having regard to many cases where employees are made redundant without consultations with Government departments, trade unions or regional economic councils.
§ Mr. GunterI do not think legislation on this matter would be appropriate.
§ 70. Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Minister of Labour what provision he has made, in calculating the level of payments under the Redundancy Payments Act during the financial year 1968–69, for redundancies in service industries in Scotland and in the distilling industry.
§ Mr. GunterI saw no reason to make any special provision in the calculations on this account.