HC Deb 29 June 1993 vol 227 cc488-9W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on legal advice regarding the implications of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 for the market-testing programme.

Mr. Aitken

Legal advice provided by the Treasury Solicitor to the Department includes, where appropriate, advice on the implications of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 for the market-testing programme. The costs of that element of advice are not separately identifiable.