§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce proposals to amend the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 to require the disclosure of previous convictions by persons seeking work in the debt-collecting industry.
§ Mr. JackWe have no present plans to amend the Act. But, as I explained on 10 November in answer to a question from the hon. Member for Halifax (Mrs. Mahon) at column697, we intend to re-examine the number and range of exceptions to the Act as part of the review of the arrangements for the disclosure of information from criminal records which will be undertaken in advance of the computerisation of the national collection of criminal records.