§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will place in the Library the most up-to-date information held by his Department on the link between long working hours and accidents.
Mr. JacksonThe HSE has recently commissioned an update of the publication "Shift Work and Health—A critical review of the literature" by Professor J. M. Harrington. This update, by J. M. Waterhouse, S. Folkard and D. S. Minors and provisionally entitled "Shiftwork, Health and Safety—An overview of the scientific literature 1978–1990" will be published shortly. I will arrange for a copy to be placed in the Library as soon as it is available.
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the Government's policy on the European Community directive on working time; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. JacksonI refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given to the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Mr. Kirkwood),Official Report, 5 November 1991, columns 71–72.