 In 1987 after the general election Hind was appointed PPS to the Minister for Small Businesses John Cope John Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley in the Department of Employment and was involved in the creation of Training and enterprise councils, trade union and employment legislation and abolition of the National Dock Labour Scheme.In a House of Commons Debate on 8 May 1989 on the Bill to Abolish the National Dock Labour Scheme in which Hind spoke he stated, "the problem of the dock labour scheme is that, unfortunately, not enough ships are seen in dock labour scheme ports,".He continued, "the dock labour scheme has clearly deterred investment because companies will not invest in ports covered by the scheme.