§ Mr. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if the interim report of the director general of the Health and Safety Executive on market testing will be published and placed in the Library.
§ Mr. McLoughlinNo. This is an internal working document addressed to the Health and Safety Commission, whose advice on the feasibility of market testing those of HSE's activities not covered by its existing programme we are awaiting.
§ Mr. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proposals she has to market-test the management board and executive of the Health and Safety Executive.
§ Mr. McLoughlinWe have no such proposals. The Health and Safety Executive has a programme to638W market-test its service functions and the director general has been asked to investigate the feasibility of market testing those activities not covered by the existing programme, but not including policy advice or assistance to the Health and Safety Commission.