HC Deb 12 February 1975 vol 886 cc152-3W
Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will invite the Manpower Commission to make a special study of the need for skilled workers in the process plant industry.

Mr. Harold Walker

I am advised by the Manpower Services Commission that the skills in the process plant industry which are most likely to be scarce are similar to those used in the fabrication of oil platforms and in engineering construction. A national committee to look into the co-ordination needed to meet key power skill requirements of the industries concerned has been set up by the Training Services Agency of the Manpower Services Commission.