Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill [Money]

I want to make a couple of brief points. I have been accused of being a rebel. The hon. Member for Huntingdon (Mr. Djanogly) ought to look at my voting record. I am a serial loyalist by nature and will remain so. I also recommend that the hon. Gentleman do his homework. He has done half his homework—he has read some of the briefings from the CBI and various other employers' organisations—but he did not read a word into the record about the views expressed to him by trade unions and others representing people who are being exploited as a result of weaknesses in current law. My substantive point is simply this. The hon. Gentleman's speech illustrated some clear water between the two main parties on opposite sides of the Chamber. He is opposed to the Bill and to the European directive. My hon. Friend the Minister and I have minor differences about how we solve the problem, but we are both committed to solving the problem, because we recognise that there exists a group of vulnerable workers who are being exploited. Their problem needs resolving and it needs resolving now.