Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 16 December 1986.
Does the Minister accept that the proposed closure on Friday of this week of the women into manual skills course at Deptford skillcentre will be a disaster for women wanting to train in non-traditional skills? Is he aware that there is a lobby at this moment in the Central Lobby protesting about that? Will he give me an undertaking that if the meeting which has been arranged between the three funding boroughs and the Manpower Services Commission does not come up with a solution which allows the course to remain open he will personally intervene and show his commitment to training for women?