To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the job description, experience, specifications and appointments process are for the chief executive of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority; and if he will make a statement.

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the job description, experience, specifications and appointments process are for the chief executive of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority; and if he will make a statement.

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Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the future of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority.

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the future of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority.

It is a great pleasure to have secured this Westminster Hall debate under your chairmanship, Mr Brady. I am delighted to have been given time by the House to hold this timely debate on a very important authority. I start by paying tribute to a number of hon. Members who...

It is a great pleasure to have secured this Westminster Hall debate under your chairmanship, Mr Brady. I am delighted to have been given time by the House to hold this timely debate on a very important authority. I start by paying tribute to a number of hon. Members who...

Perhaps I could provide some clarification. I examined whether there should be an extension to other industries, but I particularly asked the Minister to examine whether it would be appropriate for the GLA to cover other industries, rather than saying that it should have a blanket involvement. I was asking...

Perhaps I could provide some clarification. I examined whether there should be an extension to other industries, but I particularly asked the Minister to examine whether it would be appropriate for the GLA to cover other industries, rather than saying that it should have a blanket involvement. I was asking...

I was about to come to that. I agree that that seems inherently contradictory, but the key fact about the Gangmasters Licensing Authority sitting in DEFRA is that it is there to do a particular job, which it is doing rather well. Moving the GLA from DEFRA to BIS would...

I was about to come to that. I agree that that seems inherently contradictory, but the key fact about the Gangmasters Licensing Authority sitting in DEFRA is that it is there to do a particular job, which it is doing rather well. Moving the GLA from DEFRA to BIS would...

Absolutely. I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. His private Member's Bill, which I have already mentioned, looked at similar aspects of the construction industry. The critical point is that good businesses want good regulation—this is not about the amount of regulation—to clean up the sector, so that...

Absolutely. I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. His private Member's Bill, which I have already mentioned, looked at similar aspects of the construction industry. The critical point is that good businesses want good regulation—this is not about the amount of regulation—to clean up the sector, so that...

The Minister has heard that challenge on health and safety. The red tape challenge website, which I am sure every hon. Member has dipped into and had a look at, is wide-ranging. The first line of every category, including the Equality Act 2010 and health and safety legislation, poses the...

The Minister has heard that challenge on health and safety. The red tape challenge website, which I am sure every hon. Member has dipped into and had a look at, is wide-ranging. The first line of every category, including the Equality Act 2010 and health and safety legislation, poses the...

I am grateful for that intervention and I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on co-sponsoring the 2004 Bill. The point he makes is critical. This is not just about protecting vulnerable and exploited workers; it is about cleaning up supply chains. That feeds right into the argument about good business being...

I am grateful for that intervention and I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on co-sponsoring the 2004 Bill. The point he makes is critical. This is not just about protecting vulnerable and exploited workers; it is about cleaning up supply chains. That feeds right into the argument about good business being...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that point. He has a private Member's Bill on extending the GLA's remit to construction workers, but because it is low down on the Order Paper, it will never be passed. I hope that the Minister will say in his response...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that point. He has a private Member's Bill on extending the GLA's remit to construction workers, but because it is low down on the Order Paper, it will never be passed. I hope that the Minister will say in his response...