HC Deb 09 December 1991 vol 200 c322W
Mr. Beggs

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he will initiate a change in contract law to give greater protection to sub-contractors in the event of main contractors going into receivership.

Dr. Mawhinney

No. The problems faced by sub-contractors in such circumstances do not arise from deficiencies in the law of contract itself but from the contractual relationships into which they have entered.