"Making the Market Work"

HC Deb 26 April 2004 vol 420 cc853-4W

Mr. Best

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the trade associations which replied to the making the market work initiative, referred to in the second stage report of the review of employers' liability compulsory insurance. [168660]

Jane Kennedy

'Making the Market Work' is an initiative established and maintained by the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The Department understands from the ABI that the following trade associations have made applications for assessment under the initiativeBritish Chambers Connections British Coatings Federation British Furniture Manufacturers British Printing Industry Federation British Woodworking Federation Federation of Small Businesses Heating and Ventilating Contractors' Association Mastic Asphalt Council National Federation of Roofing Contractors Screen Printers Association

Collectively, these bodies have around 190,000 members.