§ Mr. WilshireTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish a timetable showing when she plans to market-test those activities listed for testing before 30 September 1993.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe activities to be market tested in the Department were listed in Cmd 2101. A timetable for market-testing these activities has been drawn up with the aim of making a recommendation on the outcome of each tender by 30 September 1993. The Department has already awarded contracts for office and building services at the Department's new building in London.
§ Mr. WilshireTo ask the Secretary of State for Health to which of those of her Department's activities due to be market tested by 30 September 1993, the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 and the EC acquired rights directive 77/189/EEC will apply.
§ Mr. SackvilleWe will consider the application of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 and the EC Acquired Rights Directive 77/189/EEC to the Department's market-testing programme on a case-by-case basis.