HC Deb 25 April 1994 vol 242 cc15-6W
Mr. Spearing

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what enactments of the European Community determine to limit the contents of first aid packs suitable for places of employment; and which of them include limitations on the inclusion of scissors or other sharp instruments.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Various enactments of the European Community make provision for first aid in the workplace but none specify the contents of first aid packs.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Although the National Audit Office undertook a study of the Department's human resource management in 1992 it decided not to publish the results of this examination.