HC Deb 05 July 1979 vol 969 cc689-90W
Mr. Cryer

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what is the number of small manufacturing firms affected by the closure of Staflex International Ltd.

Mr. David Mitchell

The voluntary liquidation of Staflex International will no doubt have affected companies in the textiles and clothing sectors which supplied the firm, bought its products and undertook commission work for it. Inevitably some of these will be small companies but I am not aware of any major consequences of the closure for small firms other than those which were wholly owned subsidiaries of Staflex; nor do I know the number that might be affected.