§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what estimate she has made of the effects of the acquired rights directive on(a) services her Department contracts out and (b) services she plans to contract out in the future; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe possible effects of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981, which implement the acquired rights directive in the182W United Kingdom, have always been taken into account in any consideration of the contracting out of my Department's services.
The main functions to be market tested to September 1993 were published in the citizens charter White Paper (Cm 2101) on 25 November.