§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the closure of the Kraft Food factory on Merseyside.
§ Mr. TebbitI understand that Kraft Foods Ltd. has suffered from excessive capacity in Europe for some time and is closing a plant in Germany and reducing the scale of operations at Kirkby in order to concentrate producton in what the company regards as more promising plants in Belgium and Germany. This further loss of jobs, many of
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