§ Mr. John Grantasked the Secretary of State for Employment if the United Kingdom Government will support the European Commission's draft directive providing safeguards and rights for temporary workers; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe United Kingdom Government's approach to the draft directive was set out fully in the Department's explanatory memorandum of 30 June 1982. As explained in that document, the draft directive envisages intervention in areas relating to the employment of temporary workers which are not generally covered by legislation in the United Kingdom but are left to voluntary agreement or individual choice. In discussions within the Council of Ministers machinery, the United Kingdom Government will express the view that a mandatory instrument of this kind is inappropriate.