HC Deb 26 May 1971 vol 818 cc181-2W
Mr. Rankin

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will consider making a contribution to the maintenance of the centre for epileptics in Govan, called Seaborn Industries.

Mr. Dudley Smith

My Department has been giving financial assistance to

Mr. Dudley Smith

Not all redundancies are notified to my Department but those recorded as due to occur in the Glasgow travel-to-work area for the periods in question are as follows:

Period Number of firms Number of workpeople involved
July to September, 1970 85 3,400
October to December, 1970 52 3,700
January to March, 1971 51 3,900

Twenty-three firms have given notice of redundancies involving just over 800 workpeople from 1st May, 1971, onwards.