Member

It is not independent scrutiny of the sort currently applied to the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services. That inspectorate carried out a detailed inspection of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority in March 2023 in the areas to which my amendment refers. This inspection was voluntary, but it was accepted by the Home Office in its April 2025 framework agreement, reached under this Government, that such inspections by the inspectorate of constabulary would be put on a statutory footing. Presumably, the Government will take the opportunity to do just that by accepting my amendment.