1 Earl of Courtown debates involving the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Employment Policies

Earl of Courtown Excerpts
Tuesday 6th December 2022

(1 year, 11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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None Portrait Noble Lords
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Order!

Earl of Courtown Portrait The Earl of Courtown (Con)
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My Lords, will the noble Lord give way? There is only one question that he can ask in each Question.

Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan (Con)
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As I said, we had a referendum on the subject, and we are no longer members of the EU. The Social Charter no longer applies to the UK. As I further said, we have some of the highest labour standards in the world, way in excess of the minimum standards of many states of the European Union. Many other member states of the European Union also have minimum service levels in their law—this is not unprecedented.