asked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will make a statement on progress towards setting up a workers' co-operative at Norton Villiers Triumph.

I am very pleased to be able to report that the workers at the Small Heath plant of Norton Villiers Triumph Ltd. no longer oppose the setting up of the co-operative at Meriden. I hope that Norton Villiers Triumph and the co-operative will soon be in a position to conclude the agreements which are a condition of Government assistance to the co-operative.