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Lord Fox (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 17 December 2025

Debate

Fair Work Agency: Small and Micro Businesses

Contribution

The Minister has already said that this new body will involve existing bodies, many pointing in opposite directions in their reporting. The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority points to the Home Office, the Director of Labour Market Enforcement points elsewhere, and there will be bits of Treasury in there. This will not be a simple exercise in creating a new organisation. During the passage of the Bill, my Amendment 277 sought a full review of the process for this before the enactment of the Bill. The then Minister declined but undertook to do extensive consultation. Can the Minister confirm that that consultation will still happen? Can he give your Lordships’ House some idea of when the statutory instruments required to enact this organisation will come? When are the Government expecting it to be fully operational?

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