§ Mr. Woolmerasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what progress has been made by the Commission in using the European social fund to finance the social operations in the restructuring policy for textiles and clothing; and whether a discussion document has been released which elaborates on such a role and on how it is to be implemented at the member State level;
(2) what is, for each month since January 1978, the number of redundancies covered by notices under the Employment Protection Act 1975 received from employers in wool-textiles (MLH 414), carpets (MLH 419) and men's outer-wear (MLH 442) sectors in comparison 362W with the list of actual redundancies he gave in answer to the hon. Member for Batley and Morley on 29 November 1979: and what estimate he has made of the effects of loss of jobs through voluntary redundancy, early retirement and natural wastage in West Yorkshire.
§ Mr. Jim LesterI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.