§ 61. Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will introduce legislation to protect self-employed contractors working in the building industry under the lump system by providing that they shall be deemed to be employees of the main contractor for the purposes of negligence and breach of statutory duty.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe matter is being considered in connection with the Robens Report, which recommended that the scope of the legislation should extend to the self-employed in circumstances where their acts or omissions could endanger other workers—employed or selfemployed—or the general public.