Employment Policies Debate
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Lord Davies of Brixton
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Employment Policies
Lord Davies of Brixton Excerpts(2 years ago)
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Lord Callanan (Con)
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.
Lord Davies of Brixton (Lab)
Will the Minister acknowledge that the European Social Charter, to which my noble friend referred, is an instrument of the Council of Europe and not the European Union, so still applies to this country?