§ Sir C. Osborneasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will seek urgently to amend the Redundancy Payments Act, 1965 which, since the Lloyd v. Brassey decision in the Court of Appeal, has enabled the worker to claim redundancy payment from his ex-employer, even though the purchaser of the enterprise continued to employ him in the same job, without loss of earnings, in view of the fact that this makes it difficult to sell farms, or transfer them to next of kin.
§ Mr. HattersleyNo. I am aware of the problems which have arisen about payment of redundancy compensation when farms change hands but the Lloyd v. Brassey case has gone to the Court of Appeal and it will be prudent to await the outcome.