§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether any studies are taking place, or whether any consideration is being given, into hiving off work that his Department currently undertakes in providing services for the unemployed to private job agencies.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonI refer the hon. Member to the statement I made on the current review of the employment service on 8 December—[Vol. 14, c.344–45]—and to the statement made by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Employment, on 23 December on the future of professional and executive recruitment—[Vol. 15, c. 455–56].