Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 9:34 am on 22 February 2008.

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Photo of Mark Pritchard Mark Pritchard Conservative, The Wrekin 9:34, 22 February 2008

In trying to be helpful to the hon. Gentleman may I give him another example to illustrate the need for his proposals? Next Friday, the Department for Work and Pensions, which is run by a Labour Minister, will announce whether, with Capgemini, it will lay off 600 to 700 people in my constituency, only for them to be replaced by agency workers who do not have the rights that he believes they should have.

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martyn haynes
Posted on 25 Feb 2008 11:38 am (Report this annotation)

The Capgemini locations are not within Mark Pritchard's constituency but David Wright's (Telford, Lab).