A spokeswoman clarified the position of the prime minister over a report commissioned on employment law. One of its proposals is to call for shorter periods of consultation over compulsory redundancies. The spokeswoman said of the Beecroft report: "The government's position on employment law is that it needs to support business, encourage growth, while at the same time ensuring that employees rights to work were not weakened," adding that PM David Cameron is not tied to particular set of proposals.