Reduction of Redundancy Rebates Bill

HC Deb 25 January 1977 vol 924 cc547-8W

Mr. Henderson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the organisations from which he has received representations in connection with the Reduction of Redundancy Rebates Bill and summarise their contents.

Mr. Golding

No formal written representations to my Department can be traced.

Mr. Henderson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the organisations that his Department has consulted in connection with the Reduction of Redundancy Rebates Bill.

Mr. Golding

There has been no consultation by my Department with any organisation.

Mr. Henderson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the effect of the Reduction of Redundancy Rebates Bill will have on Scottish industry and employment, particularly in the small business sector.

Mr. Golding

It is not considered that Scottish employers will be affected differently from employers in other parts of the United Kingdom. The reduction in the rebate may possibly reduce the number of redundancies declared although its financial effect on both large and small businesses generally will be relatively small.