The hon. Gentleman is making a very good speech. Does he agree that the culture of long working hours can often be the enemy of productivity? The textbook example is Volkswagen 10 or 20 years ago: when the working week was cut from 35 to 28 hours, productivity went up. When workers feel that they do not have all day to do the job, they get on with that job and productivity rises.
Productivity
Proceeding contribution from
Angus Brendan MacNeil
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 17 June 2015.
It occurred during Opposition day on Productivity.
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