New Clause 1
Employment Bill [Lords]
2:30 pm
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley, Liberal Democrat)
There has been some concern about this issue. New clause 7 would have similar effect to new clause 1, which is meant to probe the issue. Depending on the Government’s response, however, we might be inclined to divide on new clause 7, if the hon. Member for Huntingdon wants to do so.
This issue is important because it is complicated to have a mix of service charges and extra bits on credit cards with some things being paid through the payroll and others not. Some subtlety is required to handle the matter. Perhaps there should be a standard service charge rather than it simply being put in the price, so that there is clarity. I am interested to hear what the Government have to say on that.