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Mr. Mudd
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a list of all industrial closures notified to him in the towns of Falmouth, Penryn, Hayle, Camborne and Redruth, since October 1974, giving the numbers of workers involved, and includ-
| Town | Name of Company | Date of closure | Number of workers involved | |||
| Falmouth | … | Marine Industrial Engineers | … | 17 January 1975 | … | 10 |
| J. Roberts (Builders) | … | 24 February 1975 | … | 12 | ||
| J. Sears & Co. | … | 4 March 1975 | … | 44 | ||
| Taylors Garage Ltd. | … | 2 May 1975 | … | 34 | ||
| Piran Furniture Co. Ltd. | … | 12 September 1975 | … | 24 | ||
| Dredge & Marine Ltd. | … | 22 March 1977 | … | 107 | ||
| Penryn | … | Frost Associates | … | May 1975 | … | 15 |
| Hayle | … | *Knitting Mills Ltd | … | 29 August 1975 | … | 127 |
| CEGB Hayle Power Station | … | March 1977 | … | 130 | ||
| Camborne | … | Luke Anthony Ltd | … | 4 August 1978 | … | 27 |
| Fantasy Ltd. | … | December 1975 | … | 30 | ||
| Redruth | … | Precast Concrete Ltd. | … | 18 May 1976 | … | 44 |
| W. A. Sawden | … | 31 January 1975 | … | 24 | ||
| John Heathcote Ltd. | … | 28 February 1975 | … | 250 | ||
| *Graham Brabyn | … | 6 September 1974 | … | 218 | ||
| Vermillion Engineering Ltd. | … | 31 December 1975 | … | 71 | ||
| Cornish Meat & Provision Co. | … | 10 January 1975 | … | 38 | ||
| Harris West of England Bacon | … | 28 February 1976 | … | 19 | ||
| *Cauldon Bristol Potteries | … | 29 October 1977 | … | 103 | ||
| †MOD, Nancekuke | … | October 1978 | … | 185 | ||
| *Mace, Rainbow & Stone | … | January 1976 | … | 95 | ||
| West End Drapery | … | February 1979 | … | 30 | ||
| FMC Meat | … | April 1976 | … | 20 | ||
| Amalgamate Roadstone Corporation | … | April 1976 | … | 19 | ||
| * Company taken over or reopened after closure and some of the original work force re-employed. | ||||||
| †MOD, Nancekuke ceased production in October 1978 but a skeleton staff is retained until final closure approximately April 1980. | ||||||