Member

It is a reasonable amendment and, if I may refer to the noble Lord, Lord Watson of Invergowrie, it is not far-right or Trumpian to give working people the opportunity to challenge a decision about themselves. It is a very fair amendment and I think that Members across all sides of the House who read it would concede that. On that basis, I think the Minister should at least engage with these arguments, rather than the straw-man arguments we have heard over the last hour from the Labour Party, whose own record on equality is actually not that good.