Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices

Debate between Lord Prior of Brampton and Lord Howarth of Newport

Tuesday 11th July 2017 Lords Chamber

[Lord Prior of Brampton]

I thank my noble friend for her contribution. Of course, flexibility suits older people greatly and is something much to be encouraged. The great success of the British way is that we have very high levels of employment. The great weakness of the British way is that we have very low levels of earnings, and that is something that we are going to address through the industrial strategy.

[Lord Howarth of Newport (Lab)]

My Lords, does the Minister share my view that the term “gig economy” is unfortunate? It implies that people willingly embrace insecurity at work when they do not, and seems to trivialise the issue.