HC Deb 19 October 1993 vol 230 cc209-10W
24. Mrs. Helen Jackson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what progress he has made on achieving equality of opportunity in employment regardless of gender or ethnic background.

Miss Widdecombe

The Government are committed to equality of opportunity. The best employers already recognise the case for employing a work force which reflects the composition of the wider community. The Department continues to encourage all employers to make full use of the skills and potential of all sections of the working population.