Member

We must remember, of course, that the gangmasters’ licensing regime and the enforcement of certain labour abuse and modern slavery protections are currently carried out by the staff of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, who are also public servants. They are not civil servants, yet they do an excellent job in carrying out vital work to protect some of the most vulnerable in our labour market. I hope noble Lords can see it is unnecessary to limit our ability to delegate functions in this way. I therefore urge the noble Baroness to withdraw her amendment.