§ Mr. Maddenasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will make a statement on the employment of any departmental official by a company represented on the Department's industrial development advisory board.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldThose serving on the Department's industrial development advisory board do so in their personal capacity and not as representatives of any organisation.
A member of the staff of my Department who wished on retirement or resignation to take up employment with a company with whom a member of the board is associated would need to seek departmental approval in accordance with the normal rules.