HC Deb 13 July 1973 vol 859 cc459-60W
Mr. Stanbrook

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the progress of talks between officials of his Department and the Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers with regard to the status of members of the institution.

Mr. Michael Heseltine

I met the President and immediate past President of the Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers together with the Chairman and Secretary of the Council of Engineering Institutions on 10th July. After a full discussion of the implications at home and in Europe, I have asked for a timetable to clear outstanding action on this difficult problem by the end of this year.