§ Mr. Madelasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has received the report on the Manpower Services Commission review body on industrial training arrangements; what action he proposes to take on it; and whether he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. PriorThe report of the body set up by the Manpower Services Commission to review the operation of industrial training arrangements in Great Britain was published by the commission today. I welcome the report as a basis for public discussion of the whole future of industrial training policy for the next decade. The Government will study the report's recommendations in the light of comment by interested parties and the considered views which the Manpower Services Commission has undertaken to submit to me by the end of October. The Government will place their proposals before Parliament as soon as possible thereafter.