Employment Bill [HL]

I enter this debate somewhat late because it is seven weeks since I was buried alive in Crossrail. This is the first opportunity that I have had to address this Committee, for which I apologise. This is the best point in the proceedings to raise the point I want to make. I am very confused and puzzled as to how some of these provisions apply—and I am worried. I originally introduced two amendments, which have gone but which would have cut across some areas of this issue; an issue which has become heavily dominated by the long shadow of Morecombe Bay. I am worried that, while the proposal may address the case of the Morecombe Bay cockle pickers very thoroughly, it does not allow for the encapsulation of all the other people who could be described as gang workers.