§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will recommend the prosecution of any employers found by inspectors to be underpaying homeworkers;
(2) what is his estimate of the total amount by which homeworkers have been underpaid in each of the last five years in: (a) industries covered by wages councils and (b) industries not covered by wages councils;
(3) what steps he is taking to ensure the homeworkers are repaid any money 531W to which they were entitled by law but which has been underpaid;
(4) what steps he is taking to increase the number of inspectors covering home-workers.
§ Mr. John GrantI shall reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.