HC Deb 01 March 1989 vol 148 cc207-8W
Mr. Ashley

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what consultations he has had with disability organisations on the proposal to repeal section 119A of the Factories Act 1961; which organisations were consulted; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Cope

My Department issued a consultation paper last November setting out proposals for alternative arrangements to replace section 119A of the Factories Act 1961; copies have been placed in the Library. Comments were invited by 28 February 1989. Annex 4 of the paper lists the organisations representing disabled people who were sent the document when it was first issued. A copy was subsequently supplied to the Scottish Society for the Mentally Handicapped.