§ Mr. SpellerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has any plans to prohibit the employment of young people aged under 16 years in the delivery of newspapers.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyWe have no such plans. Only children over the age of 13 may be employed in the delivery of newspapers as provided in the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 and local authority byelaws made under that Act.