Employment Protection Law

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 15 March 2012.

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Photo of Vincent Cable Vincent Cable The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 10:30, 15 March 2012

The so-called Beecroft report had a series of recommendations, most of which were sensible and unobjectionable, and are being implemented. Indeed, we are championing some of the recommendations, for example those on visas, in Government. So far, there is one area of disagreement, which relates to the no-fault dismissal issue. We want to strike a balance between making it easier for micro-companies, which have genuine difficulties with staff management because of their small scale, and the danger of creating general insecurity in the labour force. I will proceed on the basis not of ideology or vested interests, but of evidence. That is why we are calling for evidence today.