HL Deb 21 December 1983 vol 446 cc821-2WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

From which sections of the Factories Acts 1961 and 1976 the Home Office has obtained exemptions in relation to prison workshops, and under what provision these exemptions have been obtained.

Lord Elton

Prison workshops are not "factories" as defined by the Factories Act 1961: the question of exemption does not therefore arise. We are not aware of a Factories Act 1976.