§ 17. Mr. John EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what assessment he has made of the impact on United Kingdom unemployment of the EU's 48-hour working week directive.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe Government negotiated the working time directive so that people could continue to be free to work more or less than 48 hours a week. Ii. is not possible to make numerical estimates of the effect on unemployment, but any statutory limit on working hours would be damaging to competitiveness, jobs and the economy.