Part of Orders of the Day — Port of London (Financial Assistance) Bill – in the House of Commons at 9:30 pm on 6 May 1980.
There has been considerable criticism and questioning of the PLA management. I shall not go into details and repeat what has been said, but there has been long-term criticism. I am not referring to the chairman or necessarily to the board members, but questions have been asked about recruitment policy, key operational jobs and how people are selected to fill them, promotions policy, particularly internal promotions policy, the policy in respect of those with operational experience and so on.