In a letter to David Arculus, chair of the task force, she said she accepted four recommendations in full and the fifth, on guidance to local authorities on the role of the director of children's services in child employment, in principle, pending the progress of the Children Bill.
The recommendations include that the Department for Education and Skills should start work on consolidating child employment law by September, and by next February consult on moving to a system where employers register with their local authority as an employer of school-age children, rather than applying for a permit for each child worker.
By February it should consult on letting children work more than two hours on a Sunday.
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