Ms Patricia Callan:

Yes, but in contract cleaning that cost is simply passed back on the users of that service. The cleaning companies are fine because they will just add a percentage on to the cost and charge it but in terms of those costs piling on to businesses, can they afford that? We have to keep a constant eye on it. From our members' perspective, if we have 40 employment law measures and a national minimum wage, why do we need even more restrictions on top of that?