§ Mr. Eggarasked the Secretary of State for Employment who is to be chairman of the group to review vocational qualifications in England and Wales announced in paragraph 39 of the White Paper, "Education and Training for Young People", Cmnd. 9482, published on 3 April.
§ Mr. Tom KingMr. H. G. De Ville CBE has agreed to act as chairman of the review group. Mr. De Ville is about to retire as executive deputy chairman of BICC plc and has a life time of experience of personnel training and industrial matters. At BICC his responsibilities included personnel and management services and before that he was for some 10 years responsible for personnel and training at the Ford Motor Company, Dagenham. He has been a member of the Council of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) since 1976.
The Secretary of State for Education and Science, the Secretary of State for Wales and I are delighted that he has accepted our invitation to act as chairman of the review group. The Manpower Services Commission with the Department for Education and Science is now arranging for the group to be constituted and to begin its work and we look forward to receiving an interim report in the autumn and a final report in about a year's time.