§ Mr. Maddenasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether his Department is considering the recent Manpower Services Commission report findings which maintain that the future labour requirements of Great Britain's largest companies will polarise either to highly technically qualified persons or to unskilled persons.
§ Mr. BoothThe report to which my hon. Friend is referring was undertaken as part of the recent investigation of training for skills carried out for the Government and the Manpower Services Commission by a special task group including representatives of the Trades Union Congress, the Confederation of British Industry, the education service and industrial training boards. The group's proposals for a more systematic approach to meeting industry's manpower needs were published in December 1977 and the Commission together with industrial training boards and other training bodies is now implementing the group's proposals. The Government have welcomed the MSC's general approach and agreed to make the necessary funds available.