§ 41. Mrs. Sally Oppenheimasked the Secretary of State for Employment what plans he has to implement European Economic Community directive 67/548, relating to the classification, packing and labelling of dangerous substances, as amended by directives 69/81, 70/189 and 71/44.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkThese directives are concerned in the main with industrial chemicals and legislation on similar lines has been envisaged for some time by my Department. The United Kingdom is being consulted on the draft of a fourth amending directive and my Department is co-ordinating the necessary consultations on this within the United Kingdom which involve the TUC, CBI, Chemical Industries Association, British Standards Institution and a considerable number of other interested organisations. When the draft amending directive has been finalised and adopted, there will be further consultations with these organisations, and regulations will be made to implement all four directives.