Member

I assure noble Lords that while the Secretary of State will set the overarching direction and priorities of the fair work agency through its enforcement strategies, they will not direct the day-to-day operation of staff. Enforcement officers will be operationally independent of the Secretary of State, and we will set this out in the framework document that governs the relationship between the fair work agency and the Department for Business and Trade. This is similar to how other DBT executive agencies operate, such as the Insolvency Service and Companies House.