Pay Statements

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 10 March 1992.

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Photo of Eric Forth Eric Forth , Mid Worcestershire 12:00, 10 March 1992

I have received no representations on that matter and I am not aware of any disquiet among the groups that the hon. Gentleman described. As ever, we must balance the temptation to introduce such rights willy-nilly against the unreasonable cost burden that might rest increasingly on employers, especially those with only a few employees. I believe that we have the balance about right. If there is any question of unfair dismissal, those concerned always have the right to go to a tribunal, if they are protected in the way that the hon. Gentleman described. I remain to be convinced that there is a problem and that therefore we should necessarily consider the solution that the hon. Gentleman suggested.