Payroll Companies

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 4:45 pm on 16 January 2013.

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Photo of Steve Rotheram Steve Rotheram Labour, Liverpool, Walton 4:45, 16 January 2013

Yes, child labour.

I pay tribute to the work that UCATT has carried out in bringing the issue to the attention of a much wider audience. Can my hon. Friend John Cryer say why, at a time when Liverpool city council, for example, is having 52% of its discretionary budget cut—up to £300 million—the Government are turning a blind eye to payroll companies, which are avoiding paying up to £2 billion into Treasury coffers?