§ Mr. Joel Barnettasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the anticipated size of the redundancy fund to be set up by the European Economic Community for textile workers; how much would be payable to each worker; on what basis would the allocation be made; and when payment can be expected.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkI think that the hon. Member must be referring to the agreement in principle by the Council of Ministers that assistance from the Social Fund should be made available especially towards the cost of Government-supported schemes for retraining and resettling redundant textile workers, which I referred to in my reply to the hon. Member of 22nd November 1972. There is no provision for compensatory redundancy payments.—[Vol. 846, c. 430.]