Labour Supply Inspectorate

HC Deb 11 March 1952 vol 497 cc1246-7

27. Mr. Victor Yates

asked the Minister of Labour the powers and functions of the Labour Supply Inspectorate.

Sir W. Monckton

Labour supply inspectors have power to enter and inspect undertakings and to require the persons carrying on the undertaking to produce books, accounts and records, and to furnish information, relating to the use of labour in the undertaking.

They are authorised at present to use this power only when the undertaking has asked for more labour to be supplied. Their function is to advise whether the additional labour needs to be supplied.

Mr. Yates

Have those powers been increased over and above what they were when the Labour Supply Inspectorate previously worked under the Control of Engagements Order?

Sir W. Monckton

No, Sir. They have not been increased.