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Viscount Younger of Leckie: The administrative costs for each of the BIS Ministers’ private offices during financial year 2012/2013 were: £ Dr Vince Cable 625,400 Norman Lamb MP / Jo Swinson MP 326,456 Rt Hon David Willetts MP 448,328 John Hayes MP / Matthew Hancock MP 206,560 Baroness Wilcox / Lord Marland / Lord Younger 198,512 Mark Prisk MP / Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP 384,586 Lord...
Viscount Younger of Leckie: My Hon Friend the Minister for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs (Jo Swinson), has today made the following statement. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills wishes to report that a cash advance from the Contingencies Fund has been sought for the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). The advance is required to meet an urgent cash requirement on existing services pending...
Viscount Younger of Leckie: My Hon Friend the Minister for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs (Jo Swinson) has made the following statement I am pleased to announce that the Government has written to the Low Pay Commission setting out what we would like the Commission to consider on the National Minimum Wage. The document contains the Government’s interim evidence on economic and non-economic issues, including...
Viscount Younger of Leckie: My Hon Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs (Jo Swinson), has today made the following statement; The Coalition Government made a commitment to review employment legislation to ensure it provides the flexibility for employers without compromising fairness for employees. We have reported to Parliament at various points during the...
Viscount Younger of Leckie: My Hon Friend, the Minister of State for Employment Relations and Consumers Affairs (Jo Swinson), has today made the following statement. The Government has today written to the Low Pay Commission setting out the remit for its 2014 Report. The Government supports the National Minimum Wage (NMW) because of the protection it provides to low paid workers and the incentives to work it provides....
Viscount Younger of Leckie: ...6 March. It will provide a firm forum for discussion of what more is needed to address the outstanding concerns, and I look forward the results. The announcement was made by my honourable friend Jo Swinson.
Viscount Younger of Leckie: ...that are of benefit to business, the environment and, indeed, society. The Government are taking steps to encourage this. At the end of the month, my honourable friend in the other place, Jo Swinson, will be launching a three-month consultation on corporate responsibility with business and other stakeholders. The Government are also committed to supporting and promoting an economy that is...
Viscount Younger of Leckie: My honourable friend the Minister of State for Employment Relations and Consumers Affairs (Jo Swinson) has today made the following Statement. The UK has opted in to the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC (Directive on consumer ADR)....
Viscount Younger of Leckie: My honourable friend the Minister of State for Employment Relations and Consumers Affairs (Jo Swinson) has today made the following Statement. The UK has opted in to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No. 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings ("the existing regulation"). The proposal meets the criteria set out in the...
Viscount Younger of Leckie: My honourable friend the Minister of State for Employment Relations and Consumers Affairs (Jo Swinson) has today made the following Statement. On 10 July 2012 my honourable friend Norman Lamb, former Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs, announced the commencement of the triennial review of the Low Pay Commission (LPC). I am now pleased to announce the completion of...
Viscount Younger of Leckie: My honourable friend the Minister of State for Employment Relations and Consumers Affairs (Jo Swinson) has today made the following Statement. I have today published the Insolvency Service's performance targets for the period 2013-14. In recent years there has been a significant fall in the number of new compulsory insolvency cases dealt with the by the official receiver, from 78,000 cases in...
Viscount Younger of Leckie: My honourable friend the Minister of State for Employment Relations and Consumers Affairs (Jo Swinson) has today made the following Statement. The Government want to ensure that UK has the best framework of employment law to create a flexible and fair labour market, which is necessary to support economic growth. It enables employers to turn demand into jobs and enables individuals to find and...
Viscount Younger of Leckie: ...stakeholders to discuss the issue. I am aware that, as the noble Lord, Lord Mitchell, mentioned this evening, he recently met with the Minister for Employment Relations and Business Affairs, Jo Swinson, to discuss the issue. We have also invited those who have complained about the procedure to provide evidence of abuse, so that that can also be pursued. I reassure noble Lords that work is...
Viscount Younger of Leckie: ...of and for the benefit of employees, is already a well known concept that is in use in the labour market. Companies are already free to offer shares to their employees. My honourable friend Jo Swinson, the Minister for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs, is chair of the implementation group taking forward the recommendations of the Nuttall review which is promoting the employee...
Viscount Younger of Leckie: My honourable friend the Minister of State for Employment Relations and Consumers Affairs (Jo Swinson) has today made the following Statement. I am pleased to announce that I have published the final evidence that the Government have provided to the Low Pay Commission on the national minimum wage. This report updates the evidence that the Government provided in October 2012. The report...
Viscount Younger of Leckie: My honourable friend the Minister of State for Employment Relations and Consumers Affairs (Jo Swinson) has today made the following Statement. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills wishes to report that a cash advance from the Contingencies Fund has been sought for the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). The advance is required to meet an urgent cash requirement on existing services...
Viscount Younger of Leckie: My honourable friend the Minister of State for Employment Relations and Consumers Affairs (Jo Swinson) has today made the following Statement. I am delighted to announce that I have selected Christine Tacon to be the first groceries code adjudicator, subject to security clearance. In the spirit of open government, I have also asked the BIS Select Committee to conduct pre-appointment scrutiny...
Viscount Younger of Leckie: My honourable friend the Minister of State for Employment Relations and Consumers Affairs (Jo Swinson) has today made the following Statement. The Government believe that the UK economy should be supported by a framework of laws that ensures we have a strong and efficient labour market which is flexible, effective and fair. We are looking at the laws that affect all aspects of the...