Mr. Alan Lee Williamsasked the Minister for the Civil Service how many Government employees have volunteered for the express purpose of office dispersal from London to the Passport Office in Newport, Monmouthshire, or the Department of Health and Social Security in Fleetwood, Lancashire, and the National Savings Movement dispersal to Durham and Glasgow.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe information is as follows:
a statement on the discussions between his Department, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the National Union of Agriculture and Allied Workers concerning tied cottages.
§ Mr. KaufmanMy hon. Friend the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the representatives of the unions concerned and my hon. Friend the Minister for Housing and Construction had a useful discussion of this problem. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is writing to the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers to ask their further views on possible lines of action.