§ Mr. IrvineTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list all the directives and draft directives put forward by the European Commission, pursuant to the social action programme stating in each case(a) under which article of the treaty of Rome the 465W directive or draft directive has been put forward, (b) whether the directive or draft directive requires unanimity or can be passed by a qualified majority and (c) whether a decision has yet been reached in relation to it by the Council of Ministers.
Mr. JacksonThe table gives the requested information for all the Social Action Programme directives identified so
Directive (a) (b) (c) legal base vote status 3 directives on contracts and employment relationships other than full-time open ended contracts (atypical work); (i) Working conditions 100 U under discussion (ii) distortions of competition 100 A QMV under discussion (iii) health and safety 118A QMV adopted 25/6/91 Directive for the adaptation of working time 118A QMV under discussion Directive on the introduction of a form to serve as proof of an employment relationship 100 U adopted 14/10/91 Revision of the Directive of 17 February 1975 (75/129/EEC) on the approximation of member states pertaining to collective redundancies 100 U under discussion Directive on European works councils 100 U under discussion Directive on the protection of pregnant women at work 118AQMV political agreement 6/11/91 Directive on working conditions applicable to workers from other member states performing work in the host country in the framework of the freedom to provide services especially on behalf of a subcontracting undertaking 57(2) and 66 QMV under discussion Directive on the minimum health and safety requirements to encourage improved medical assistance on board vessels 118A QMV agreed 1/10/91 Directive on the minimum health and safety requirements for work at temporary or mobile work sites 118A QMV political agreement 14/10/91 Directive on the minimum requirements to be applied in improving the safety and health of workers in the drilling industries 118A QMV under discussion Directive on the minimum requirements to be applied in improving the safety and health of workers in the quarrying and open cast mining industries 118A QMV not yet published Directive on the minimum health and safety requirement for fishing vessels 118A QMV not yet published Directive on the minimum requirements for safety and health signs at the workplace 118A QMV political agreement 3/12/91 Directive on the minimum safety and health requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks caused by physical agents 118A QMV not yet published Directive amending Directive 83/447/EEC on the protection of workers from the risks related the exposure to asbestos at work 118A QMV agreed 25/6/91 Directive on the minimum safety and health requirements for activities in the transport sector 118A QMV not yet published Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on the protection of young people 118A QMV not yet published Directive on the introduction of measures on the introduction of measures aimed at promoting the improvement in the travel conditions of workers with motor disabilities 118A QMV under discussion