Sue Robb of 4Children talks to Julie Laughton and Alison Britton from the Department for Education about the role of childminders in delivering the 30 hours free entitlement.
The main elements include measures to set the purpose of the UK Green Investment Bank and ensure its independence, implement the competition landscape reforms, overhaul the employment tribunal system, cut unnecessary red tape for businesses and reform directors’ pay.
The two Bills planned for the next session of Parliament are the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, and the Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill
Business Secretary Vince Cable said: “Securing economic growth through business investment and trade is absolutely essential to recovery. Government’s plans to cut red tape, boost green investment, reform the competition landscape and reform the banks are vital moves that would help strengthen the business environment and boost consumer and business confidence.”
The Queen’s Speech set out the Government’s plans for two business Bills:
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, which would:
overhaul the employment tribunal system and transform the dispute resolution landscape.
And the Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill that would:
The GCA would address these competition issues by arbitrating disputes between retailers and suppliers, investigating anonymous complaints, taking sanctions against retailers who break the rules.
BIS will be jointly introducing, with the Department for Education, a Bill for shared parental leave and flexible working.
BIS co-commissioned with the Treasury the Vickers Report which is leading to legislation to split investment bank and traditional banking.
It is expected that both BIS Bills would receive an early introduction.
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www.bis.gov.uk/newsroom
Sue Robb of 4Children talks to Julie Laughton and Alison Britton from the Department for Education about the role of childminders in delivering the 30 hours free entitlement.
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