Aluminium Smelter

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 3 July 1968.

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Photo of Dr Dickson Mabon Dr Dickson Mabon , Greenock 12:00, 3 July 1968

I agree that these matters are quite complex. The discussions have been going on in strict confidence, and it would not be possible for the Government to break that confidence. Therefore, I cannot answer the first part of the question. In reply to the second part of the question, the figure given by the British Aluminium Company is 600; in respect of Rio Tinto-Zinc the figure is 700 and in respect of Alcan the figure is 550, possibly rising to a higher figure later.