Then I plead guilty. I was one of those involved in those discussions, and absolutely rightly so. If there are two people doing the same job alongside each another, one who is an agency worker and one who is directly employed, it is absolutely right that they should be paid at the same rate. To fail to do that divides work forces and, as we have seen in some areas of economy, damages social cohesion.
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
Proceeding contribution from
Jack Dromey
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 25 March 2014.
It occurred during Budget debate on Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation.
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