§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will make arrangements in the case of a company with under 50 employees for form PA 922 to be com- 116W piled biannually instead of annually under the provisions of Section 2 of the Statistics of Trade Act 1947.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 5th July—[Vol. 934, c. 481–482]—and add that it is obligatory for EEC purposes to require firms employing 20 or more persons to provide information each year. A recent visit to the Statistical Office of the European Communities enabled me to discuss this point.