Dissolution of National Dock Labour Board

Part of Orders of the Day — Dock Work Bill – in the House of Commons at 7:15 pm on 24 May 1989.

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Photo of Michael Jack Michael Jack , Fylde 7:15, 24 May 1989

I listened carefully to what the right hon. Member for Halton (Mr. Oakes) said about training but I do not know whether he listened to the Minister when he referred to training and prayed in aid the port of Felixstowe, where large sums are being spent on training. The right hon. Gentleman almost seemed to imply that the only ports that do any training are scheme ports, and that the non-scheme ports do no training whatsoever. That is not the case. The Minister said that Felixstowe spends a great deal of money on training.

The right hon. Gentleman asked us to consider what would happen in a port that recruited large numbers of so-called unskilled persons.