§ Mr. BellinghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the agenda of the European Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council meeting on 6 March 2003. [105931]
§ Alan JohnsonThe agenda for the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council consisted of:
- 1. preparation of the Spring European Council;
- 2. proposal for a Council Decision establishing a Tripartite Social Summit for Growth and Employment;
- 3. Employment Committee Work Programme 2003;
- 4. Social Protection Committee Work Programme 2003;
- 5. follow-up to the Commission action plan for skills and mobility;
- 6. amended proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on working conditions for temporary workers;
- 7. gender mainstreaming; and
- 8. European Year of People with Disabilities.