The noble Baroness mentioned seasonal workers. Coming from a rural community as I do, I am used to the idea of seasonal workers—strawberry picking, asparagus cutting, raspberry picking and even goose plucking in the winter. That is how things work. What concerns me a little is that it will not be the same people doing all those different jobs. A young mother may, as I have done myself, take her child with her to work; that is what I used to do when I was younger. She can earn quite a lot in a short period of time, but then there is a desert when she has no more. How could that be balanced out?
Welfare Reform Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Countess of Mar
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 22 June 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Welfare Reform Bill.
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