§ 18. Ms EagleTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment when his Department intends to respond to the House of Lords judgment on part-time workers' rights by giving them the same rights as full-time workers.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe Government are carefully considering that judgment to ascertain its full implications and will make an announcement as soon as possible.
§ 19. Mr. GunnellTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the number of jobs in railway engineering in the United Kingdom; and what was the figure on 31 March 1992.
§ Miss WiddecombeThere were 14,400 employees in the railway industry in Great Britain in September 1991. Reliable estimates of change since then are not available.