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Business owners who exploit illegal workers and our system will face the full extent of the law. This includes hefty fines of up to £60,000 per illegal worker for repeat offenders, business closures, direct disqualifications and, in the most serious cases, up to five years in prison and an unlimited fine. Further—and I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, who already told us about this—we had seven days of action last month. Immigration enforcement teams arrested 171 delivery riders in a crackdown on illegal working, with 60 detained for removal from the UK. I welcome the noble Lord’s recognition of the action of His Majesty’s Government in this area. I am pleased, on that point at least, to make common ground with him.