Amazon Debate
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Lord Whitty
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Baroness Barran (Con)
The Government and the Treasury absolutely recognise the importance of our high streets. That is why the Treasury announced a fundamental review of the business rates system earlier this year.
Lord Whitty (Lab) [V]
My Lords, has the Minister read the report by the TUC and the GMB this morning on Amazon’s dire employment practices? In this Covid period, Amazon has received a lot of government and public sector contracts. Why are the Government not using their leverage over those contracts to ensure that Amazon improves its employment conditions?
Baroness Barran (Con)
We are working across the piece to protect jobs in all parts of the economy and to clamp down on any abuses that we are aware of.