Distributive Industry Training Board

HC Deb 15 May 1968 vol 764 cc259-60W

Mr. Stratton Mills

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity when she will appoint the members of the Distributive and Retail Training Board; and if she will include members who have recent practical experience of these trades.

Mr. Hattersley

I hope to appoint the members of the Distributive Industry Training Board by July after consultation with appropriate organisations in the industry. The membership will include persons who have had practical experience of these trades.

Mr. Stratton Mills

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what experience the recently appointed Chairman of the Distribution and Retail Training Board has of these trades.

Mr. Hattersley

After consultations with representative organisations I decided that a chairman drawn from outside distribution would be more acceptable to the industry as a whole than a person identified with a particular sector of these trades.