Clause 13
Employment Bill [Lords]
5:15 pm
Pat McFadden (Minister of State (Employment Relations and Postal Affairs), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform; Wolverhampton South East, Labour)
We consulted on that. I do not think that there were a huge number of representations, but the MOD and the Government more widely were keen to clarify the situation. The exemption will allow the volunteers to continue to operate as successfully as they do now, while removing any doubt that exists about the minimum wage. It will enable them to continue to deliver what are very valuable and often exciting programmes of challenging developmental activity to young people throughout the country.