§ 56. Mr. John Grantasked the Secretary of State for Employment what talks he has had with the Manpower Services Commission and the Commission for Racial Equality about the problems of ethnic minority unemployment; and what proposals those bodies have made to him on the subject.
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 4 June 1980, c. 704]: My noble Friend the Minister of State, Department of Employment, together with the chairman of the Manpower Services Commission, will shortly be meeting the chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality to discuss the employment situation of the ethnic minorities. I understand that at that meeting the chairman of the CRE proposes to put forward a list of priorities for action, particularly in relation to young people in inner city areas.