§ Mr. Bishopasked the Minister of State for Defence whether he will take steps to discourage contractors for the supply of defence equipment for his Department from employing self-employed designers and technicians wherever possible, in view of the fact that those not genuinely self-employed avoid much of the legislation to which other workers are subject.
§ Mr. KirkWe continue to adopt a critical and discriminating attitude to the employment of self-employed designers and technicians and discourage the practice in those cases where it is not properly justified.