§ Ms MowlamTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the benefits of employers with fewer than 250 staff being obliged to keep a record of all job applications for monitoring purposes in any revised fair employment legislation.
§ Mr. AncramThere is provision in the legislation for this threshold to be varied if necessary hut, to date, it has been considered that this issue should await the wider review of the legislation. My right hon. and learned Friend has asked the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights to take forward the independent review of the fair employment legislation which was promised during the passage of the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989. It is for SACHR to consider how this issue will he addressed in the context of the review.