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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House – in the House of Commons at 9:30 am on 20 March 2014.

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Photo of Tom Blenkinsop Tom Blenkinsop Opposition Whip (Commons) 9:30, 20 March 2014

The Agricultural Wages Board was abolished last year by an amendment added to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill at the last minute in the House of Lords. The Bill was then scheduled so that there was no time to debate the move in the Commons. Does the Leader of the House agree that the Government are deliberately weakening the ability of the House of Commons to scrutinise the Executive, especially on an issue such as this, which undermines workers’ terms and conditions at one fell swoop?