§ Mr. David Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will list the legislation sponsored by his Department during the past 10 years in which exemption is given for small businesses or the self-employed and the sections of the relevant Acts.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe legislation sponsored by the Department of Employment during the past 10 years in which exemption is given for small businesses is as follows: the Industrial Relations Act 1971, Section 27(1)(a), 57 and 168. Section 27(1)(a) was re-enacted by paragraph 9(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974, which 630W was repealed by paragraph 14(1)(a) of Part III of Schedule 16 to the Employment Protection Act 1975. Sections 57 and 168 were repealed by the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974. The Employment and Training Act 1973, Schedule 2, Part I, paragraph 10.
No legislation sponsored by the Department during the past 10 years has contained any provision for the exemption of the self-employed.