§ Mr. HuttonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what research he has recently commissioned into the employment consequences of job protection legislation.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 20 April 1994]: Research on, or having a bearing on, this issue commissioned by the Department over the past three years includes:
"Maternity Rights in Britain" by S. McRae;
"Redundancy Payments Survey" by D. Spilsbury, A. McIntosh and J. Banerji;
"The 1992 Survey of Industrial Tribunal Applications" by N. Tremlett and N. Banerji;
"The Abolition of the Dock Labour Scheme" by N. Evans, D. MacKay, Mr. Garratt and P. Sutcliffe;
"A Review of the Economics Evidence Relating to Employment Protection Legislation" by S. M. Burgess.