§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for Trade whether, in view of the fact that in the terms of the European Economic Community code of conduct the following companies: Associated Engineering, Berec, British Insulated Callender Cables, Cape Industries, Coats Paton, Delta Metal, Dickinson Robinson Group, Dunlop Holdings, Eagle Star, General Electric Company, Gestetner Holdings, Glynwed, International Distillers and Vintners, subsidiary of Grand Metropolitan, Lonrho, Lopex, Low and Bonar, Mitchell Cotts, National Employers Mutual, Roussel Laboratories, Simon Engineering, Thomas Tilling, operating in South Africa and are paying 2,000 of their African workers wages below the poverty datum line, he will make representations to the chairman of each company to encourage its compliance with the poverty datum line standard in future.
§ Mr. ParkinsonI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.