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Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill

Is my hon. Friend aware that in 2006 the Department for Work and Pensions had 120 agency staff, between 2005 and 2006 the Department of Health spent more than £12 million on agency staff, and in 2006, to meet the single farm payment scheme, 53 per cent. of the staff working on that matter in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs were agency workers? The Government therefore endorse the efficacy of employing agency staff, but the Bill could impose an extra burden and cost on them.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
472 c702 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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