Member

I raise this simply to point out that there is a very complex landscape at play and dealing with simply the 1920 Act will not necessarily be a cure-all. To resolve all this will need a thorough cross-government review and it will have to be fully considered in the case of any impact this amendment would unintentionally or inadvertently have on the legislative framework for the protection of children from unsuitable work. In order to ensure that there are no undesirable or unintended consequences, any power would need to be a wide Henry VIII power to allow at least the 1933 Act, and its equivalents in Scotland and Northern Ireland, to be amended, together with any by-laws that had been made by local authorities—otherwise, the other effects of the substantive provisions that remain in the 1933 Act would continue.