§ 60. Mr. Raphael Tuckasked the Minister of Technology to what extent the conditions set out in the letter from the Admiralty to J. R. Whyman, Esquire, of Watford, dated 15th July, 1959, concerning the sale of S. G. Brown by the Government to private enterprise, have been met; and if he will make a statement.
§ 61. Mr. Mikardoasked the Minister of Technology what action he is taking about the threatened closure of the factory of S. G. Brown Limited at Watford in contravention of assurances given by the Admiralty when they sold it in 1959.
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§ Mr. J. P. W. MallalieuThe considerations set out in the letter of 15th July, 1959, were guide lines used by the Admiralty in assessing offers to purchase S. G. Brown Limited. The business has continued in being since its sale in 1960 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary company of Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Limited. The parent company has recently announced that some production work must be reorganised by transferring to Bolton certain work from one of S. G. Brown Limited's three factories. I am discussing the implication of this with the management of Hawker Siddeley Dynamics.