§ Mr. Dixonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many employees in the mineral insulating fibres manufacturing industry have been laid off or put on short-time working as a result of the cutback in house insulating.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Midlothian (Mr. Eadie) on 23 June 1980.—[Vol. 987, c.73–74.]
§ Mr. Dixonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what assistance he is prepared to give the mineral insulation fibre industry, which invested £80 million to increase capacity from 124,000 tonnes in 1977 to 421,000 tonnes in 1981, and which is now having to cut back production and lay men off.
Mr. Geoffrey FinshergI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeenshire, East (Mr. McQuarrie) on 9 May.—[Vol. 984, c.279.]