Employment Bill [HL]

A substantial chunk of the Bill is headed ““National minimum wage””. As my noble friend Lord Wedderburn has quoted, the middle of the Long Title says, "““to make provision about the enforcement of minimum wages legislation””." No one can deny that ““enforcement”” may include criminal offences and the detailed provisions of the Bill make it clear that they do. I fear that the noble Lord, Lord Campbell of Alloway, with all his experience, has missed a trick on that.