Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumers Affairs Council

(Limited Text - Ministerial Extracts only)

Thursday 16th October 2014 Written Statements

[The Minister for Employment (Esther McVey)]

Today I will attend the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council in Luxembourg.

The Council will seek a general approach on a Council decision on establishing a European platform to enhance co-operation in the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work.

There will be a policy debate on the mid-term review of the Europe 2020 Strategy, including the evaluation of the European semester. As part of this, the Council is asked to endorse the joint opinion presented by the Employment Committee (EMCO) and Social Protection Committee (SPC). The Council is also asked to endorse the Social Protection Committee’s report on social policy reforms for a fair and competitive Europe.

Under any other business the Italian presidency will provide information to the Council on the September 2014 G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' meeting. It will provide an update on the proposed Tripartite Social summit, and finally will report on other ongoing issues.