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Lord Clement-Jones (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 24 June 2025

Debate

Employment Rights Bill

Contribution

My Lords, that ministerial “in due course” is not quite as good as “very, very, very soon”. I sense an awful lot of goodwill coming from the Minister, but this is a really important part of the economy. I appreciate the thoughtful comments from the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe. I did not expect a resounding endorsement of my amendment, but what he said about the evolution of employment rights and the need to make sure that our employment law is equipped to keep up with the way the modern economy is evolving is really important. The Minister clearly recognises that we need to move forward in this area, but it is the pace and the fact that so many people—an increasing number—are now part of the gig economy. We see them passing every day: they do deliveries and are couriers—every form of the gig economy—and they have very few rights unless they have litigated, like Uber drivers or Hermes couriers, to establish them.

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