§ Mr. Neville Trotterasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has decided to defer decisions on the proposals to close COD Chilwell and the CVDs at Ludgershall and Ashchurch; and, if so, why.
Mr. Robert C. BrowneIt has been agreed between the Official and the Staff and Trade Union Sides that further consultations on the Department's proposals for the closure of COD Chilwell should go forward separately from the other parts of the fair value plan. A new consultative memorandum on COD Chilwell has now been issued, and con-274W sultations with the Staff and Trade Union Sides will be resumed.
Following consultations with the Staff and Trade Union Sides on the original proposal to close the vehicle depots at Ludgershall and Ashchurch, and in the light of new information and developments since February this year, it has been decided that these depots will not be closed during the period up to April 1980.