Clause 10
Employment Bill [Lords]
12:45 pm
Jonathan Djanogly (Shadow Minister, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform; Huntingdon, Conservative)
The Minister just said that we are dealing with vulnerable workers. In some clauses, that is the case, but not in clause 10, which deals with authorities raiding what might be vulnerable companies. That is the issue with which we are dealing. We have raised our concerns about the fact that in some situations the authorities might not give adequate thought to the needs of the ongoing business of the company from which they are taking documents, probably in some kind of raid. I have heard the Minister try to explain why that is necessary, and I accept that the wording of the amendment is not perfect, which is why I shall not press it to a vote now. However, we will reconsider that point, and in the stand part debate I shall address related circumstances.