§ Ms QuinTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what assessment his Department has made of the health and safety implications of working long and unsocial hours.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe Department is advised on such matters by the Health and Safety Commission, which through its Executive, has commissioned or supported a wide range of research, including two reviews of the scientific evidence on the health and safety implications of shiftwork. In the light of available evidence we do not consider that there is a need for general restrictions on hours of work on health and safety grounds.