§ Mr. Robert Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he proposes to take steps to introduce stricter rules for those firms which dismiss large numbers of workers in one country while expanding their investments in another country.
§ Mr. John GrantNo. The Government believe that the regulation of these matters should be through international agreement, and to this end have played their part in the formulation of OECD and ILO guidelines for multinational companies.