§ Mr. Strawasked the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Eccles (Mr. Carter-Jones) on 6 May, Official Report, c. 87, that there have been contacts between his Department and a number of private sector companies about the future of the Royal ordnance factories, whether these contacts have discussed the separate sale of individual factories to the private sector; whether the contacts have mentioned the future of the Blackburn Royal ordnance factory; whether the private companies concerned have included Ferranti, Thorn-EMI, GEC, or Racal, and, if so, which of these; and if he will name any other private companies involved.
§ Mr. NottPrivate sector companies have naturally shown an interest in those ROFs which reflect the nature of their own present activities. Any such informal contacts should remain confidential
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Consultative Document: Annex C Rebate Recipients: revised table of gainers and losers on introduction of proposed reform Numbers of householders (000s) (Great Britain) Weekly amounts 1p–49p 50p–99p £1.00–£1.99 £2.00+ Total Losers LA 580 230 70 — 880 Private tenants 120 20 10 — 150
§ Mr. Strawasked the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Eccles (Mr. Carter-Jones) on 6 May, Official Report, c. 87, when the report of the study group on the Royal ordnance factory organisation will be published.
§ Mr. NottIt has not been our normal practice to publish the reports of study groups. As I said in the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Eccles (Mr. Carter-Jones) on 6 May—[Vol. 4, c.87]—I hope to put forward proposals on the Royal ordnance factories before the Summer Recess.