§ Miss Lestorasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what were the circumstances under which no Minister was available within under one month to meet the hon. Member for Eton and Slough and representatives of the unions and of Modern Wheel Drive to discuss redundancies following its closure, whereas when the firm made representations themselves, the meeting was held within a few days and the Member not informed.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantThe deputation made a separate request to our Regional Director by telephone for a very urgent meeting with the Minister for Industry.
As this could not be arranged at such short notice and in order to save time they readily agreed to put their points to our Regional Director for onward transmission.
I have now had the Regional Director's report and I will be meeting the hon. Member on 27th May, the first mutually convenient time.