asked the Secretary of State for Industry if the assurance given by the Lord President of the Council on 29th June, that the restructuring of aircraft and shipbuilding following nationalisation will not lead to losses of jobs at the Hawker Siddeley works at Broughton or at Bristol Channel Shiprepairers, will lead either to any shortage of work at these establishments being made good by the reallocation of contracts from other establishments or to manpower being maintained irrespective of the work load; and if he will make a statement.

The Lord President of the Council gave an assurance that job losses will not arise from

"restructuring of these two industries resulting directly from the act of nationalisation."

We have always said we cannot guarantee the long-term future level of employment at particular works or yards, which depends ultimately on the demand for their specialist skills and their competitiveness in world markets.