Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2014, Official Report, column 8W, on employee ownership, if he will produce guidelines for companies and employees on choosing independent advisers provided by companies to advise employees about the Shares for Rights Scheme.

Detailed guidance on the employee shareholder status was published on the www.gov.uk website before the status came into law on 1 September 2013, and this guidance includes a section on who qualifies as a relevant independent advisor.