§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Industry what is the policy of the National Enterprise Board towards the requirement of equal opportunity as regards race and sex discrimination.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldThis is a matter for the Board, but I would expect its employment policies and practices to have full regard to the need to provide for equal opportunity as between different racial groups and men and women.
§ Mr. Hoyleasked the Secretary of State for Industry what considerations he had regard to in concluding that a directive to the NEB to dispose of the private health interests in the United Kingdom of Allied Investments was unnecessary.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldThe NEB, and the companies with which it is acting in this matter, had already publicly undertaken that United Medical Enterprises Ltd., a subsidiary of the NEB, would dispose of these assets.