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Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill

Debate on bills on Friday, 22 February 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Andrew Miller. The answering member was Pat McFadden.
Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill. Second reading debate. Motion that the Bill be read a second time agreed to on division (157 votes to 9). Second reading agreed to on division (147 votes to 11) and Bill committed to a Public Bill Committee.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
472 c663-724 
Session
2007-08
Department
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Legislative stage
Second reading
Procedure
Private members' bills proceedings
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill. Withdrawn 21 May 2008.
Wednesday, 5 December 2007
Bills
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 472 c708;472 (Not in Bound Volume) (Link to this contribution) No, I am not prepared to take a closure at this juncture.
Andrew Dismore | 472 c708;472 (Not in Bound Volume) (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move that the Question be now put.

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Andrew Miller | 472 c666 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an extremely important point. The confidence and morale of the work force in an...
Lindsay Hoyle | 472 c666 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on introducing the Bill. Will he go a bit further, and confirm that th...
Andrew Miller | 472 c665-6 (Link to this contribution) I do not believe it will be a cost—I think it will be a benefit, because the measure will result in ...
Colin Challen | 472 c666 (Link to this contribution) Is not one of the benefits of British industry the fact that the morale of people in permanent emplo...
Andrew Miller | 472 c666 (Link to this contribution) Again, my hon. Friend is absolutely right. We have identified examples in which the bringing in of a...
Stephen Ladyman | 472 c666 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on introducing his Bill. He just made a point about people being broug...
Nigel Evans | 472 c665 (Link to this contribution) I am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman, and I congratulate him on the incredible turnout of s...
Andrew Miller | 472 c665 (Link to this contribution) I genuinely look forward to the hon. Gentleman's support in the Division.
Mark Pritchard | 472 c665 (Link to this contribution) In trying to be helpful to the hon. Gentleman may I give him another example to illustrate the need ...
Andrew Miller | 472 c667 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is spot on, and I thank her for that observation. The tougher area might be the semi...
Mark Pritchard | 472 c667 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Andrew Miller | 472 c667-8 (Link to this contribution) No, I shall not give way. I am just coming to a conclusion. The other stumbling block has been on t...
Speaker | 472 c668 (Link to this contribution) The question is, That the Bill be now read a Second time.
Andrew Miller | 472 c666 (Link to this contribution) Again, my hon. Friend makes a sensible point.
Andrew Miller | 472 c666-7 (Link to this contribution) I should like to make a little progress. Two gentlemen came to my surgery asking for advice about h...
Phyllis Starkey | 472 c667 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend expand his point to deal with gender equality issues? He will be well aware that...
Andrew Miller | 472 c667 (Link to this contribution) It is an expensive way of addressing employment needs. These so-called permatemps are an unacceptabl...
Charles Hendry | 472 c671 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend seems surprised that there may be an extraordinary inconsistency in the Government's ...
Mark Pritchard | 472 c671 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that—I suspect that this is to the slight embarrassment of those on the Go...
Charles Hendry | 472 c670-1 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. It was noticeable that, when the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port ...
Christopher Chope | 472 c671 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend think that there is an extraordinary inconsistency in the Government's approach,...
Philip Davies | 472 c670 (Link to this contribution) Further to that point, does my hon. Friend agree that the CBI has also said that the Bill as it curr...
Charles Hendry | 472 c669-70 (Link to this contribution) That must be a different interview from the interview I heard with the CBI this morning, in which it...
Dari Taylor | 472 c669 (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Gentleman making a different statement from that of the CBI? On Radio 4 this morning, it...
Charles Hendry | 472 c668-9 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Many of us will have been slightly surprised to see so man...
Speaker | 472 c668 (Link to this contribution) The Opposition spokesman rose rather late, but he clearly had every intention of participating in th...
Dennis Skinner | 472 c668 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. It will have been within the hearing of most hon. Members, ...
Philip Davies | 472 c674 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend moved on rather quickly from clause 1, and I want to bring him back somewhat. Does he...
Charles Hendry | 472 c674-5 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right: the Bill is fundamentally flawed not only in its approach, but i...
Charles Hendry | 472 c673 (Link to this contribution) We will most certainly vote against it today—we have made that position clear.
David Marshall | 472 c673 (Link to this contribution) So that we can all be perfectly clear where the hon. Gentleman and his party stand on the question o...
Charles Hendry | 472 c673-4 (Link to this contribution) I point out to the hon. Gentleman that I started off by saying that we oppose the Bill, which we bel...
Dennis Skinner | 472 c673 (Link to this contribution) You didn't make a very good job of it.
Charles Hendry | 472 c671-2 (Link to this contribution) The Government have many issues to address on that front. Considering the general level of competenc...
Charles Hendry | 472 c672-3 (Link to this contribution) I commend my hon. Friend for that observation. It was striking that in introducing the Bill, the hon...
Philip Davies | 472 c672 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that the jeering on the Labour Benches reflects the fact that many Labour ...
Bill Olner | 472 c665 (Link to this contribution) Like many of my colleagues, I am interested in the substance of my hon. Friend's speech and the Bill...
Mike Weir | 472 c665 (Link to this contribution) The Scottish National party would hate to be left out of this little discussion. I can assure the ho...
Andrew Miller | 472 c663 (Link to this contribution) It is my understanding that the Government are in favour of resolving the problem, and that is what ...
Christopher Chope | 472 c663 (Link to this contribution) I attended a meeting on Wednesday with, among others, the Institute of Directors. It informed me tha...
Andrew Miller | 472 c663-4 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend speaks with authority given his responsibility in taking that Bill through the ...
Alun Michael | 472 c663 (Link to this contribution) Is it my hon. Friend's impression, as it is mine, that the same bureaucratic forces deep in Whitehal...
Andrew Miller | 472 c663 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I thank the many people who have contacted ...
Charles Hendry | 472 c675 (Link to this contribution) In so many of these issues, one finds a fundamental hostility to business and wealth creation. If we...
Christopher Chope | 472 c676 (Link to this contribution) I am, in a sense, disappointed that my hon. Friend is about to conclude his remarks, when there are ...
Charles Hendry | 472 c676 (Link to this contribution) I do not have that statistic, but 77 per cent. of temporary workers, according to the survey, were n...
Christopher Chope | 472 c676 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend dealt briefly with the bureaucracy involved in the Bill and its comparability. Does h...
Charles Hendry | 472 c676 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is one of the reasons why the issue should not be addressed...
Pat McFadden | 472 c676-7 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Andrew Miller) on raising th...
Pat McFadden | 472 c677 (Link to this contribution) I certainly agree that, where breaches of existing law take place, the existing law should be enforc...
Nigel Evans | 472 c677 (Link to this contribution) John Cridland, the CBI deputy director-general, has said in a press release:"““Any firms that do mis...
Philip Davies | 472 c677 (Link to this contribution) I was delighted that, in response to my hon. Friend the Member for Ribble Valley (Mr. Evans), the Mi...
Pat McFadden | 472 c678-9 (Link to this contribution) It is certainly true that all workers are entitled to the minimum wage. To reinforce that right, the...
Mark Pritchard | 472 c679 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister agree with the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Andrew Miller), who said...
Pat McFadden | 472 c677-8 (Link to this contribution) That is the CBI's figure, not the Government's. I shall deal with the detail of the Bill shortly. T...
Nigel Evans | 472 c678 (Link to this contribution) We are talking about the mistreatment of workers being against the current law. For instance, it wou...
Pat McFadden | 472 c680 (Link to this contribution) I have given way to the hon. Gentleman a couple of times, so I shall proceed. As I have said, the B...
Pat McFadden | 472 c679-80 (Link to this contribution) The Government's view has been that there should be a qualifying period before those rights apply. I...
Nigel Evans | 472 c688 (Link to this contribution) I wonder. There has to be a reason why businesses want to use agency workers for a longer period. It...
Philip Davies | 472 c688 (Link to this contribution) On that point, have not the present Government piled on to businesses more and more costs and regula...
Nigel Evans | 472 c688 (Link to this contribution) I should have thought that my right hon. Friend would have at least declared an interest as a musici...
Greg Knight | 472 c688 (Link to this contribution) I have been reflecting on my hon. Friend's opening remarks about the unintended consequences of the ...
Philip Davies | 472 c688 (Link to this contribution) You are paid what you are worth.
Greg Knight | 472 c688 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that advertising. I did not declare an interest because MP4 only...
Nigel Evans | 472 c687 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Angus (Mr. Weir) says from a sedentary position that it must be the cost of the ...
Pat McFadden | 472 c687 (Link to this contribution) I suspect that the hon. Gentleman knows that the bus does not cost £3 million, or anywhere near it. ...
Nigel Evans | 472 c687 (Link to this contribution) I am staggered that the temporary job, if it went on for three years, was not translated into a perm...
Adam Price | 472 c687 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman not accept that the present law does not give workers enough protection? We ...
Pat McFadden | 472 c680 (Link to this contribution) I can detect that, even though the hon. Gentleman has moved, he has not transformed into someone els...
Pat McFadden | 472 c680 (Link to this contribution) I shall give way to my right hon. Friend.
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 472 c683-4 (Link to this contribution) I preface my brief comments with two points. First, I apologise to the House because I cannot stay t...
Pat McFadden | 472 c684 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Lady agree that the enforcement agencies should respond to complaints rather than tour...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 472 c684 (Link to this contribution) I agree that the Government must investigate all complaints. However, it is far short of the mark to...
Richard Younger-Ross | 472 c684 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend accept that temporary workers often lose out in industries such as construction,...
Ian McCartney | 472 c680-1 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for giving way. I had not intended to take part in the debate, but I remember...
Pat McFadden | 472 c681-2 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend. Serious discussion of the issues is exactly what is merited. We want a...
Philip Davies | 472 c682 (Link to this contribution) I asked the Minister earlier whether he agreed with the CBI's assessment that the Bill, as drafted, ...
Pat McFadden | 472 c682-3 (Link to this contribution) Whether or not such a regime would have an adverse effect on employment would depend on the issues t...
Nigel Evans | 472 c685 (Link to this contribution) Was the hon. Lady as staggered as I to read in The Times on 4 February that agency nurses are paid a...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 472 c685 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for that most interesting intervention. I am not sure what side he is arg...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 472 c684-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for a valuable intervention. I agree totally. I spoke to the citizens advice...
Nigel Evans | 472 c686-7 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend speaks with great experience and wisdom. It is a case not of either/or, but of both. ...
Nigel Evans | 472 c686 (Link to this contribution) That is the impression I got. The Minister had the opportunity to say that although the CBI estimate...
Philip Davies | 472 c686 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a powerful point, which goes to the nub of Government Members' misunderstanding...
Nigel Evans | 472 c685-6 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is being cynical. I think that it is important that we find out all the unintended co...
Philip Davies | 472 c686 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right—it was striking that the Minister was not prepared to come up wit...
Nigel Evans | 472 c685 (Link to this contribution) My contribution to this important debate will be short. I congratulate the hon. Member for Ellesmere...
Philip Davies | 472 c706-7 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. I am sure that he will recall that, according to the hospitality industry r...
Philip Davies | 472 c706 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend makes a tempting offer, which is hard to turn down. I look forward to fixing th...
Nigel Evans | 472 c706 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend recall that the Culture, Media and Sport Committee heard evidence from a hospita...
Greg Knight | 472 c706 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to hear my hon. Friend's comments. In passing, may I invite him and my hon. Friend th...
Philip Davies | 472 c706 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is right. His constituency includes Bridlington, which benefits hugely from tou...
Greg Knight | 472 c706 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend also recognise the importance to the tourist industry of seasonal and agency wor...
Philip Davies | 472 c704-6 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right that one of the beauties of working for an agency is not only that it allows...
Christopher Chope | 472 c704 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend accept that one of the advantages of temporary work is that, if someone finds th...
Philip Davies | 472 c702-4 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is entirely right. The poor, hard-pressed taxpayer has already paid enough without be...
Philip Davies | 472 c709 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. I am disappointed that Labour Members wish to cut short the debat...
Nigel Evans | 472 c709 (Link to this contribution) Another beautiful thing about agency work is that it allows people to test different jobs. They migh...
Christopher Chope | 472 c709 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend regret the fact that there seems to be a mood of intolerance among the Labour Me...
Philip Davies | 472 c708-9 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I am surprised that the hon. Member for Hendon (Mr. Dismor...
Philip Davies | 472 c707 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful for that, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Returning to the survey, the proportion of employe...
Philip Davies | 472 c708 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is entirely right, and he is right to raise call centres. In my time at Asda, I spent...
Nigel Evans | 472 c707-8 (Link to this contribution) I want to make a point about call centres. It is great to have them in the United Kingdom—we have a ...
Philip Davies | 472 c698 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend was clearly listening to the hon. Lady's speech more enthusiastically than me. I am s...
Simon Hughes | 472 c698 (Link to this contribution) I really was hoping that we would not get into this. If there is a closure motion, we will support i...
Philip Davies | 472 c698 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased that the hon. Gentleman has been able to clarify the position.
Christopher Chope | 472 c698 (Link to this contribution) Before my hon. Friend gets seduced into thinking that there is a common view among the Liberal Democ...
Philip Davies | 472 c698 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that clarification—if it was a clarification. Despite our brief interlude, I am no...
Simon Hughes | 472 c697 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman misrepresents my hon. Friend the Member for Solihull (Lorely Burt). She said that...
Simon Hughes | 472 c697 (Link to this contribution) In that respect, the hon. Gentleman is being helpful. As far as I am aware, my colleagues and I have...
Philip Davies | 472 c697 (Link to this contribution) But the Liberal Democrat spokesman talked about all the problems with the Bill, whether it is slight...
Simon Hughes | 472 c697 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to delay the debate. Our position is similar to the Government's. They say that they w...
Philip Davies | 472 c697 (Link to this contribution) I urge the hon. Gentleman to look at the Bill as it stands, because that is what will be voted on to...
Christopher Chope | 472 c700 (Link to this contribution) The debate has often taken place in the context of the Bill being a burden only on business, but it ...
Philip Davies | 472 c700-2 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. Many Departments employ temporary and agency workers. It would be interesti...
Greg Knight | 472 c702 (Link to this contribution) Is my hon. Friend certain that his example of bonus payments would be covered by the Bill? One could...
Philip Davies | 472 c702 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend raises an interesting point about clause 1(2). He may well be right that bonus ...
Philip Davies | 472 c698 (Link to this contribution) I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman has visited Wal-Mart in America, but I have. My experience ...
Philip Davies | 472 c699 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend knows that I would never argue for a common EU policy on anything, certainly wh...
Greg Knight | 472 c698 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making the very good case that the Bill could lead to job losses. Those losses cou...
Greg Knight | 472 c694 (Link to this contribution) On the subject of information from the Minister, does my hon. Friend share my hope that the Minister...
Nigel Evans | 472 c694 (Link to this contribution) The shadow Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Wealden (Charles Hendry), put it succinctly when ...
Christopher Chope | 472 c694 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend think that the attitude of the Government today is best described as appeasement...
Nigel Evans | 472 c693 (Link to this contribution) If the Bill is silent on several areas, the Minister has been silent on several other areas. One suc...
Christopher Chope | 472 c693 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that we should be told the commission's reporting time scale today, becaus...
Nigel Evans | 472 c693 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure who will be on the commission, but I assume that it will include people from employer ...
Philip Davies | 472 c692 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making a powerful point about competitiveness. Is he aware that the largest group ...
Nigel Evans | 472 c693 (Link to this contribution) That is not an intended consequence of the Bill. I accept that the intention is to provide temporary...
Nigel Evans | 472 c692 (Link to this contribution) I totally agree with my hon. Friend—the EU should butt out. It should be up to each individual natio...
Philip Davies | 472 c697 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. When we take a decision on Second Reading, we should judge the q...
Christopher Chope | 472 c697 (Link to this contribution) As the Bill stands—without a qualifying period—it would impact on temporary employees immediately. D...
Philip Davies | 472 c696 (Link to this contribution) Such work instils a work ethic in people that we hope will take them further forward and my hon. Fri...
Nigel Evans | 472 c696 (Link to this contribution) I was thinking of the time when I was at university. I did not pay any fees and received a small gra...
Philip Davies | 472 c696-7 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is entirely right. The Government also talk about extending the number of apprentices...
Christopher Chope | 472 c696 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that, if the Bill goes through, it will make it more difficult for people ...
Nigel Evans | 472 c694 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the Minister will be able to do that, because the leaflets are a useful device. If they ...
Nigel Evans | 472 c694-5 (Link to this contribution) Splendid. I assume that the leaflets will be translated into the language of the country in which ar...
Philip Davies | 472 c695 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Ribble Valley (Mr. Evans). As ever, he spok...
Mark Durkan | 472 c690 (Link to this contribution) No one is trying to dismiss the argument that we need to protect and optimise conditions for employm...
Nigel Evans | 472 c689-90 (Link to this contribution) I agree. I am unable to clarify for sure, but I suspect that it is the cost to the agency, not the n...
Philip Davies | 472 c690 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that many temporary workers may be migrant workers, who may well not be up...
Nigel Evans | 472 c690 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry if that it is how it is coming across, because that is the last thing that I would want t...
Pat McFadden | 472 c691 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has raised the issue of informing people, particularly migrant workers, of their ...
Christopher Chope | 472 c692 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend accept that if we had not opted back into the social chapter, we would not face ...
Nigel Evans | 472 c691-2 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the Minister and I am grateful for his intervention. Simply because people are migrant ...
Nigel Evans | 472 c688-9 (Link to this contribution) Having heard MP4, I know that its members are certainly not paid what they are worth. It is a very g...
Mike Weir | 472 c689 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has twice talked about agency nurses being paid £120 an hour, but will he clarify...
Andrew Dismore | 472 c721 (Link to this contribution) rose in his place and claimed to move, That the Question be now put. Question put, That the Questio...
Speaker | 472 c721 (Link to this contribution) I ask the Serjeant at Arms to investigate the delay in the No Lobby.
Speaker | 472 c721 (Link to this contribution) Order. I hope that if they are watching that channel they will hear a contribution to the debate abo...
Christopher Chope | 472 c721 (Link to this contribution) I hope, and indeed the record will show, Madam Deputy Speaker, because you have not called me to ord...
Christopher Chope | 472 c721 (Link to this contribution) He does not. Perhaps the thought of all these schoolchildren being able to watch him on television w...
Christopher Chope | 472 c720 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend asks me my opinion. I think that one year is the absolute minimum. One year is the pe...
Speaker | 472 c720 (Link to this contribution) Order. There are rather a lot of private conversations breaking out in the Chamber.
Christopher Chope | 472 c720 (Link to this contribution) I am not put off by private conversations in the Chamber, although obviously they are out of order. ...
Christopher Chope | 472 c710 (Link to this contribution) In the comprehensive survey of employers, is any mention made of the significance of employing tempo...
Philip Davies | 472 c710-1 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right, but I do not happen to have the figures to hand. The Government tell us con...
Christopher Chope | 472 c711 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend accept that a large pool of temporary and agency workers will enable the Olympic...
Philip Davies | 472 c711 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. He will know as well as anybody that the cost to the taxpayer of the Olympi...
Nigel Evans | 472 c711 (Link to this contribution) Scarce skills will be necessary to deliver a project as gigantic as the Olympic games and the only t...
Philip Davies | 472 c711-2 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. Without agency workers, the games could probably not be delivered on time. ...
Christopher Chope | 472 c712-3 (Link to this contribution) Is not that particularly important when we seem to be going into a downturn, possibly a recession? A...
Philip Davies | 472 c713-4 (Link to this contribution) In his customary fashion, my hon. Friend makes a powerful point. It is important to note that the s...
Philip Davies | 472 c709-10 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. Accessing an employer through an agency is a good way of showing that emplo...
Christopher Chope | 472 c714-5 (Link to this contribution) The frustration that I felt in waiting so long to be called has been more than compensated for by th...
Philip Davies | 472 c719 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a powerful point. We know that the Labour party is pushing the Bill as a paybac...
Christopher Chope | 472 c715-7 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention...
Philip Davies | 472 c717-8 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a powerful point. Does he agree that if temporary workers have to be given the ...
Christopher Chope | 472 c720 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for telling the House about that, because he has an enormous amount ...
Philip Davies | 472 c720 (Link to this contribution) We are united in our opposition to this Bill and hope that it does not come into effect, but if a Bi...
Christopher Chope | 472 c719 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely; my hon. Friend is on to the real point that trade union membership has been declining an...
Philip Davies | 472 c720 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is entirely right, but that problem is not only faced by small employers. In my exper...
Philip Davies | 472 c715 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making a powerful point. Does he agree that the competitive advantage that the UK ...
Christopher Chope | 472 c718-9 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is on to a good point. Again, it is another reason why the Bill as drafted is wholly ...
Charles Hendry | 472 c675-6 (Link to this contribution) I am reluctant to criticise or praise a particular company until I know the circumstances, but the s...
Speaker | 472 c707 (Link to this contribution) Order. Conversations are breaking out throughout the House. Hon. Members must listen to the hon. Mem...
Nigel Evans | 472 c690-1 (Link to this contribution) We need consider how many people have settled in the UK from within the European Union. It is import...
Andrew Miller | 472 c665 (Link to this contribution) I am glad for support from the token nationalist in the Chamber. I wonder whether the rest of them w...
Andrew Miller | 472 c665 (Link to this contribution) The sole Liberal, the hon. Member for Solihull (Lorely Burt), has returned to the Chamber. As usual...
Richard Younger-Ross | 472 c675 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman talks about the need for temporary workers to deal with workplace fluctuations. H...
Nigel Evans | 472 c702 (Link to this contribution) Is my hon. Friend aware that in 2006 the Department for Work and Pensions had 120 agency staff, betw...
Philip Davies | 472 c699-700 (Link to this contribution) I am more than happy to deal with the hon. Gentleman's question. During my time with Asda and Wal-Ma...
David Leslie Taylor | 472 c699 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman invited me to refer to Wal-Mart. As an ex-employee of that empire, and to give us...
Jim Cunningham | 472 c667 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that, while agency workers work for low wages on bad terms and conditions ...
Speaker | 472 c715 (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Gentleman must keep to the terms of the Bill before us.
Subjects
Conditions of employment
Employment
Equality
EU law
Pay
Staff
Temporary employment
Labour market
Agency workers
Legislation
Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill 2007-08
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