Public Employment Service

HC Deb 12 December 1972 vol 848 cc99-100W

Mr. Redmond

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will make a statement about the modernisation of the public employment service.

Mr. Maurice Macmillan

Yes. A detailed programme for putting into practice the proposals for modernising the employment service outlined in the report "People and Jobs" published in December 1971 is set out in a booklet entitled "Into Action" which is being issued by the Employment Service Agency today. Copies of the booklet are available in the Vote Office.

I welcome the programme set out in the booklet and I am pleased to say that the Employment Services Agency is going ahead with its implementation.