Consultations
HMT: Following Budget 2011, the Government has published responses to a number of tax policy consultations, alongside draft clauses for legislation to be included in Finance Bill 2012. The draft clauses are open to consultation, & taxpayers, businesses & tax professionals are able to contribute to this until 10 February 2012.
WAG: Proposed changes to the data collected & published on homelessness have opened to public consultation recently, as the Welsh Government aims to ensure homelessness information remains relevant, accurate and meets the needs of users (closes 16 January 2012).
HMT: The Government has launched a consultation that will help tackle unacceptable bank bonuses by improving pay transparency at large banks (closes on 14 February 2012).
FSA: The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has issued a consultation (closes on 18 January 2012) on guidance for non-executive directors (NEDs). Its aim is to assist NEDs understand their role in ensuring customers are treated fairly within their firms.
PR: The Pensions Regulator will shortly invite the pensions sector to take part in a dialogue on 6 principles for good design & governance of workplace defined contribution (DC) pension provision, which will form the basis of its regulatory approach going forward.
HMT: Following a ruling by the European Court of Justice in March 2011, the Government has issued its promised consultation document on how insurers can use gender as a risk factor in the light of the judgment (closes on 29 February 2012))
WAG: Huw Lewis, Minister for Housing, Regeneration & Heritage called for ideas to help meet people’s housing needs, when he launched a document called ‘Meeting the Housing Challenge – building consensus for action’, which will open up a debate on the key housing issues & challenges which will face us over the next 5 years.
All views will be taken into account in the development of a Housing White Paper next spring. The closing date for this consultation is Friday 17 February 2012.
