asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will extend the requirements relating to T15 certificates for the self-employed in the building industry to other areas of self-employment; and if he will make a statement.

[pursuant to his reply, 2 March 1982, c. 112]: We have no plans at present to extend the construction industry scheme to other areas of self-employment. A proposal of a similar kind however was included amongst the possibilities discussed in the Inland Revenue's consultative paper issued last November on the taxation of agency workers operating through companies.