HC Deb 29 January 1980 vol 977 cc569-70W
Mr. Ray Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what plans are proposed by his Department to accommodate redundant staff from the announced steel redundancies.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

The Government accept the need for effective action

able only quarterly: the latest analysis, by occupation, was conducted in December 1979 and is given below:

in the areas affected. We have already announced our plans in connection with the ending of iron and steel making at Shotton. As for South Wales, now that the British Steel Corporation has made its intentions clear, we are considering urgently what remedial measures can be taken.

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