HC Deb 09 December 1999 vol 340 cc608-9W
4. Mr. Shaw

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of employment agencies compliance with the Working Time Directive. [100527]

Mr. Alan Johnson

It is too soon to assess the level of compliance. Our revised employment agency regulations will help prevent bureaux acting in a way which denies workers their working time rights.

20. Mr. Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which EU member states have exempted small Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead businesses from the Working Time Regulations. [100546]

Mr. Alan Johnson

The Working Time Directive which has been implemented in Great Britain by the Working Time Regulations, requires member states to extend its provisions to all businesses regardless of size. Only workers in the excluded sectors (transport, doctors in training and offshore) are exempt.