Thank you. I move amendment 6. This amendment seeks to allow employers the freedom to employ agency workers to cover strike action. I’ve already discussed the significant impact on daily life to many members of the public that strikes can cause: having to take a day off work to look after children if a school is closed, for example.

Further to amendment 3, clearly, we do only want to see strikes occurring as a result of clear democratic decisions and we want to tackle the disproportionate impact that any strike could have. The UK Government intends to remove regulation 7 from the conduct regulations to ensure that, while strike action remains a viable and effective option in such a situation if it gains the appropriate support, it will not have a negative impact on the economy and day-to-day lives of our hard-working members of the public.

This amendment seeks to give the recruitment sector the opportunity to help public organisations and employers to limit the impact to the wider economy and society of strike action by ensuring that services can continue to operate to some extent. I move.