§ Mr. HendersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he has issued about the effect of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 and the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 on the transfer of pension rights in services in his Department which are subject to contracting out.
§ Mr. SackvilleI refer the hon. Member to the reply my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster gave him on 18 February, at column1010.