§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment who was responsible for briefing all seven of the Health and Safety Commission's sector task groups on the findings of the Department of Trade and Industry deregulation task forces, as referred to in paragraph 5 of the interim report of the HSC review of regulations sent to the Minister on 22 November 1993; and on what dates these briefings were carried out.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythI am informed that Department of Trade and Industry officials, appointed to support the Government's deregulation sector task forces, were 109W responsible for briefing the Health and Safety Commission's—HSC—sector task groups on their emerging findings, and that this was done through a series of meetings with HSC task group chairmen in August and September and in subsequent correspondence.