§ Mr. McFallTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when he will reply to the British Retail Consortium's letter regarding its concern that the282W provisions of the Jobseekers Bill may discriminate against unemployed people who take up part-time vocational training.
§ Mr. Roger EvansI wrote to the director general of the British Retail Consortium on Wednesday 15 February, explaining that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment would be responding on behalf of both this and his own Department shortly. I understand that my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Employment sent a full reply on 19 February.