§ Mr. Redmondasked the Secretary of State for Employment what evidence he has received recently about employees being attracted away from their companies by staff and trade agencies able to offer wages and greater variety of work and then being offered back to their employer by these agencies as temporary staff to fill the vacancies they have created but at higher cost; and what steps he 187W proposes to take to discourage and prevent such activities.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithMy right hon. Friend has received very little direct evidence of the practice referred to, although the higher rate of pay available to such temporary staff must be an attraction to some employees. However, the activities of employment agencies and staff contractors will be regulated under the provisions of the Employment Agencies Act 1973. My Department is at present preparing these regulations and all aspects of such business are being examined in the course of this work.