§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisleasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will make available the results of his monitoring of the operation of section 1 of the Employment Act 1982; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyMy right hon. Friend has today deposited the results of the monitoring exercise in the Library of the House. The results show that companies have made an encouraging start in reporting their employee involvement arrangements. We have seen some excellent reports and a wealth of voluntary employee involvement practices has been revealed. Others, however, are not fulfilling their obligations as required, and we intend to discuss this with employers-organisations. We need to build on the stimulus section 1 has given to the success of the voluntary approach and ensure that employee involvement becomes the practice throughout those companies covered by the Act.