Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland
Main Page: Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland (Labour - Life peer)When will the Government be as tough on companies behaving badly as they are on benefit claimants?
My Lords, we are being tough on companies. The Groceries Code Adjudicator, as I said earlier, has had powers for all investigations since April 2015, when the order went through, and to fine these companies up to 1% of their turnover, which in anybody’s language can be a considerable amount of money.