Employment Bill [HL]

Perhaps I may write to noble Lords on why there is a distinction between reimbursement of rental expenditure, which will not fall into the safety net, and direct accommodation provided, which will. That would provide the clarity that noble Lords seek. It would be better than my carrying on telling them what I believe is the distinction and some noble Lords saying that they do not understand it. We could then move on. I will undertake to do that now. I am at pains to point out that we are trying to get people into a neutral position so that the voluntary organisations and those who work for them are no worse off because of the implementation of the national minimum wage legislation. Regulation is to be avoided at all costs but, when it has to apply, let us at least not fall foul of the law of unintended consequences. That is what the amendment seeks to achieve.