Employment and Workers’ Rights Bill

Jo Stevens Excerpts

2nd reading: House of Commons
Friday 27th April 2018 Commons Chamber

[Victoria Prentis]

I was beginning to expound my argument that we do not have sufficient information about exactly what agency workers do and what sort of contracts they are on in order for us to make decisions.

[Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central) (Lab)]

One of the great disappointments of the Taylor review—there were many—was that it could have referred to the use of the ministerial power in section 23 of the Employment Relations Act 1999, meaning that we would not need the excellent Bill promoted by my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley East (Stephanie Peacock). Why will the Government not support the implementation of that section?

[Victoria Prentis]

Of course I do not speak for the Government, but they are keen to gather further information before they take the necessary steps to implement the “Good Work” plan, about which they feel so strongly.