§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the results of the pilot study of rigorous enforcement of the quota scheme in six areas; and if he will make a further statement.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerBefore the programme of stricter enforcement in the six selected areas and a full evaluation of its results can be said to be complete, I have to consider whether it will be necessary to institute proceedings against any employers for apparent infringements of the quota provisions. It is not possible to say at this point whether any such566W proceedings will he necessary until reports of inspections of employers' records have been studied. But as I told my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham, East (Mr. Lamond) on 1st July—[Vol. 894, c. 1165–66]—the results of the exercise in creating additional jobs for disabled people are disappointing.