§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will take steps to encourage factory inspectors to disclose the problems and difficulties they find in the course of their inspections to the public and the press.
§ Mr. Mayhew[pursuant to his reply, 5 February 1980, c. 21]: No further 363W steps are needed, since I am advised by the chairman of the Health and Safety Commission that factory inspectors already do this satisfactorily, bearing in mind the limitations of section 28 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act—restrictions on disclosure of information—and the resources available to the inspectorate.