Baroness Clark of Kilwinning
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(11 years ago)
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The Prime Minister
My hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise this issue. The quality and capacity of the road system in Yorkshire has been, and is, a major issue. The Government have taken some important steps to help, but I know there is more work to be done. I know the Chancellor was listening carefully to what she had to say and I am sure we can look carefully at this for the future roads programme.
Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran) (Lab)
Q5. What plans do the Government have to close the loophole that allows businesses to pay agency workers less than fellow employees doing the same job?
The Prime Minister
I looked into this loophole carefully over the Christmas period when the Opposition raised it, and I discovered two things about this loophole. The first is that it was introduced and agreed by the last Labour Government and the TUC. That is loophole fact No. 1. Loophole fact No. 2—