HC Deb 06 July 1992 vol 211 c46W
Mr. Pope

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what consultations she has held with employers' organisations, the Trades Union Congress, individual trade unions and other relevant organisations about the proposed Employment Bill.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

My right hon. Friend and her predecessor have had discussions about these matters in the course of meetings with a number of organisations, including employers' associations and the TUC.

All such organisations are, of course, free to offer views about relevant issues. Many did so, for example, in the form of representations on proposals for further reform of industrial relations and trade union law put forward in the 1991 Green Paper "Industrial Relations in the 1990s" (Cm. 1602) and the 1992 White Paper "People, Jobs and Opportunities" (Cm. 1810).