Pregnant Women (EC Directive) (Hansard, 23 October 1990)

§ Mr. Forth

The organisations and individuals consulted were as follows:

ACAS
All 24 members of the Advisory Committee on Women's Employment
Aims of Industry
Alliance of Small Firms and Self Employed People Ltd
Allied Bakeries Ltd
Association of British Chambers of Commerce
Association of Chief Ambulance Officers
Association of Chief Police Officers
Association of County Councils
Association of Directors of Public Health
Association of Directors of Recreation & Tourism
Association of District Councils
Association of Exhibition Organisers
Association of Independent Businesses
Association of Independent Tour Operators
Association of Metropolitan Authorities
Automobile Association
Avon Cosmetics Ltd.
Barclays Group plc Staff Union
Barrow-in-Furness Council
BAT Industries
Bayer UK Ltd.
BEC
BICC plc
Britannia Airways Ltd.
British Airways plc
British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions
British Broadcasting Corporation
British Chemical Engineering Contractors Association
British Coal
British Computer Society
British Council
British Dental Association
British Gas plc
British Glass Manufacturing Confederation
British Hotels, Restaurants and Caterers Association
British Institute of Management
British Junior Chamber
British Medical Association
British Occupational Hygiene Society/Institute of Occupational Hygienists
British Oxygen Company
British Paper and Board Industry Federation
British Rail
British Security Industries Association
British Steel plc
British Telecommunications plc
British Tourist Authority/English Tourist Board
Brook Street London Operations Centre
Building Employers Confederation
Building Societies Association
Business and Professional Women
Cable and Wireless plc
Catering Managers Association
Central Office of the Industrial Tribunals (England and Wales)
Central Office of the Industrial Tribunals (Scotland)
Chemical Industries Association Ltd.
Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers Association
Child Poverty Action Group
Cinema Exhibitors' Association
Civil Aviation Authority
Commission for Racial Equality
Confederation of British Industry
Contract Cleaning and Maintenance Association
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
Council of Managerial and Professional Staffs
Council on Tribunals
Declan O'Dempsey
Department of Economic Development, Northern Ireland
District Nursing Association
Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunication and Plumbing Union
Electricity Association
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Engineering Employers Federation
Equal Opportunities Commission
Euro Bureau
Euroinfocentre
European Information Centre
Faculty of Advocates
Fawcett Society
Federation of Bakers
Federation of Managerial, Professional & General Associations
Federation of Medium and Small Employers
Federation of Recruitment and Employment Services
Fire Brigades Union
Food & Drink Federation
Forum of Private Business
Freemans plc
General Council of the Bar
General Council of British Shipping
Gingerbread
Glaxo Holdings plc
Guild of Cleaners & Launderers
Hairdressing Training Board
Halmark Cards
Health and Safety Commission
ICI Group HQ
ICL
Ilford Ltd
Incomes Data Services Ltd
Independent Broadcasting Authority
Independent Midwives Association
Independent Television Association
Industrial Relations Services
Industrial Society
Institute of Directors
Institute of Economic Affairs
Institute of Employment Rights
Institute of Management Consultants
Institute of Personnel Management
Institute of Radiation Protection
Institute of Safety & Public Protection
Institution of Environmental Health Officers
Institution of Occupational Safety & Health
Institution of Professionals, Managers & Specialists
IOH Services Ltd
John Lewis plc
John Menzies GB Ltd
Kodak Ltd
Kirby College of Further Education
Labour Relations Agency
Ladybrook Nursery
L'Arome (UK) Ltd
Law Centres Federation
Law Society
Law Society of Scotland
League of Jewish Women
Linklaters & Paines
Linton & Hirst Ltd.
Local Authorities Conditions of Service Advisory Board
Local Authorities Employers' Organisation
Logica
London Boroughs Association
London Underground Ltd.
Low Pay Unit
Lord O'Hagan
Mr. W. Manser
Maternity Alliance
Mebon Ltd.
Mecca Leisure Ltd.
Merseyside Chamber of Commerce
Michelin Tyres plc
Midland Bank plc
Nacanco Ltd.
National Alliance of Women's Organisations
National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux
National Association of Local Government Women's Committees
National Association of Master Bakers, Confectioners & Caterers
National Chamber of Trade
National Council for Civil Liberties
National Council for One Parent Families
National Council of Hotel Associations
National Council of Women
National Engineering Construction Employers Association
National Farmers Union
National Federation of Retail Newsagents
National Federation of Self Employed and Small Businesses Ltd.
National Licensed Victuallers Association
National Market Traders' Federation
National Power plc
National Union of Journalists
Nera
New Ways to Work
Newspaper Society
Nicholson Chamberlain Colls Group
Norton Rose
Nuclear Electric
Office of Wages Councils
Osborne Clarke
Pannell Kerr & Forster
People's Dispensary for Sick Animals
PepsiCo.
Personal Managers Association
Pilkington plc
Police Federation of England and Wales
Post Office
Radio Rentals
RCN Society of Occupational Health Nursing
Redland Aggregate Ltd
Reed International
Retail Consortium
Richard Shops
Road Haulage Association
Robert Dyas Ltd
Royal Automobile Club
Royal College of Nursing of the UK
Royal College of Physicians
Royal Environmental Health Institution of Scotland
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux
Scottish Council for Single Parents
Scottish Courts Administration
Scottish Grocers' Federation
Showman's Guild of Great Britain
Spreechly Bircham
Society of West End Theatre
Suttons Seeds Ltd
Townswomens Guilds
Trades Union Congress
TSB Group plc
The Union of Independent Businesses
United Cinemas International
Vine Products and Whiteways
Welsh Women's Aid
Whitbreads
W H Smith Ltd
Women's National Commission
Working Mothers Association
Wyatt Company

The consultation letter was issued on 24 September and organisations were asked to respond by 7 November.

The official text of the draft directive is not yet available. An unofficial text was received by my Department on 3 October. A copy has been sent to any organisation on request, and one has now been placed in the Library of the House of Commons.