Disability Discrimination Bill

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 7 Chwefror 1995.

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Photo of James Paice James Paice Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Employment) 12:00, 7 Chwefror 1995

My hon. Friend is right. The present quota system excludes firms with fewer than 20 employees, which is why we used the same figure in the Bill now being discussed in Standing Committee. My hon. Friend also rightly emphasises that we must be concerned about the overall effects of the proposals on small businesses, which do not necessarily have the resources to be able to study, follow and implement all the minutiae of the legislation. That is why Governments of all persuasions have always given favourable encouragement to small businesses.