§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when and where the Construction Industry Manpower Board and the National Joint Council of the Building Industry will next meet and whether he has any plans to establish a Demolition Industry Training Board.
§ Mr. ArmstrongThe Construction Industry Manpower Board will next meet on344W 21st July at the Marsham Street, S.W.I, offices of my Department. I have no responsibilities in relation to the National Joint Council for the Building Industry. Industrial training boards are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment: the demolition industry is within the scope of the Construction Industry Training Board, which is considering with the National Federation of Demolition Contractors the establishment of a training scheme for demolition workers.