HC Deb 10 February 1969 vol 777 c232W
63. Mr. Fred Evans

asked the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has to provide employment for the 280 men and women who will become unemployed when the Heston rubber factory, Hengoed, Glamorgan, closes in the early spring of 1969.

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody

We are making every effort to find an alternative tenant for this factory. The Bargoed Group of employment exchanges is classified as a special development area. Jobs in prospect in this area within the next four years in authorised new industrial buildings and in existing buildings taken over by manufacturing industry total 1,500 including 700 for men.