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Welfare Reform Bill

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?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
711 c355GC 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
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