HC Deb 17 July 1978 vol 954 cc93-4W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Industry (1) why he will not dismiss the chairman of the British Steel Corporation;

(2) why he will not appoint Mr. Leslie Chapman, the author of "Your Disobedient Servant", as chairman of the British Steel Corporation;

(3) why he will not appoint Mr. Clive Jenkins, general secretary of the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs, as chairman of the British Steel Corporation.

Mr. Kaufman

My right hon. Friend has expressed his satisfaction on a number of occasions with the present chairman of the British Steel Corporation.