Strikes: Cover by Agency Workers Debate
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Lord Wallace of Saltaire
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Strikes: Cover by Agency Workers
Lord Wallace of Saltaire Excerpts(2 years, 5 months ago)
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Lord Callanan (Con)
I answered that question earlier. This is an entirely different situation from the P&O dispute, as it was at the time. We were committed to taking action to prevent abuses such as that, and we are still committed to that. This is an entirely different situation.
Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD)
My Lords, agencies might be able to help with one or two spare government appointments at present: independent adviser to the Prime Minister, chairman of the Conservative Party, et cetera. Have the Government considered approaching the agencies on that?
Lord Callanan (Con)
The noble Lord pursues an innovative line of questioning that I did not consider in all the preparation I did for this. It is clearly something that I will want to bear in mind.