HC Deb 24 February 1976 vol 906 cc186-7W
Mr. Hoyle

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will ask local authorities to exercise their powers to prevent those people who have been acting as private employment agencies, without a licence, from recruiting mercenaries in their areas.

Mr. Harold Walker

Until regulations are laid down and become operative under the Employment Agencies Act 1973, this is entirely a matter for local authorities, which have powers under local Acts in relation to private employment agencies to determine how those powers should be exercised.