Member

So, the Bill includes provisions in new paragraph 27 to enable agencies to recover costs from the hirer, but only where the arrangement between the agency and hirer was entered into no later than two months from Royal Assent and not modified since. The Government consider this the right approach to protect contractual freedom while ensuring timely payments for agency workers. It will protect agencies in existing arrangements from being liable for payments that they were not responsible for incurring. I hope those responses reassure the noble Lord and that he can withdraw his amendment.