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Proceeding contribution from Chris Bryant (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 29 November 2007. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Remploy.


Remploy

I am glad to hear that the Treforest site is now off the list for immediate closure. Will the Secretary of State say a little more about that? Would it not be a better idea for Treforest to become a social enterprise, perhaps with help from the Welsh Assembly? It could move into a new factory and not work under the badge of Remploy, but retain its contracts. Instead of making table tops in south Wales, taking them all the way to Sheffield to put legs on them and then bringing them back down to Wales to sell them, would it not make sense to make a complete unit in south Wales? What on earth has Remploy been doing, buying tables from Complexia which is not a disabled company?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
468 c460 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Disability Closures Employment Public sector Procurement Modernisation Factories Remploy
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk