Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Deputy Prime Minister has a role in the development of his Department’s employment law reforms.

Making work pay is a priority for delivering the Government's Plan for Change.

As Chair of the Future of Work Cabinet Committee, the Deputy Prime Minister oversees the Committee which considers and takes decisions on matters related to the Make Work Pay package of reforms to the employment law framework. The Secretary of State for Business and Trade and the Minister for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets work very closely with the Deputy Prime Minister and have responsibility for all policy development which falls within the responsibility of the Department for Business and Trade.