§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what assessment has been made by his Department of British industry managers' views of the current proposals by the European Commission for action in the social area.
§ Mr. ForthThe United Kingdom is unique in the European Community for its wide consultation of industry on the proposals in the social area. The significant majority of responses from industry to the Department's consultation documents support the Government's view that a number of the proposed directives under the Commission's social action programme would impose damaging costs on employers, destroy flexibility and limit our international competitiveness. These views have been endorsed in many representations received from individual employers and from employer organisations.