Mr. Robert AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what steps she plans to prevent employers who provide adequate training losing staff to those who do not.
§ Mr. McLoughlinWe have no plans to interfere with the free movement of trained people between employers. The Government recently consulted about the possibility of changing the law on the enforceability of training contracts.
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 5 November, Official Report, column 343, to my hon. Friend the Member for Teignbridge (Mr. Nicholls), which annnounced the outcome of that consultation.