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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Sixteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, Sir Christopher. I know that the shadow Minister likes us to draw attention to our union membership, so I again draw…07 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Thirteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, Mr Mundell. I draw the Committee’s attention to my declaration of interests and my membership of Unison and the…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair once again, Ms Vaz. I remind the Committee about my membership of Unison. We all want to live in a place we can call home, with…17 Dec 2024HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]Last year, more than 100 people met at South bay in Scarborough to protest about the consistently poor water quality. Ironically, as they prepared to enter the water, they were…16 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is an honour to serve under your chairship again, Ms Vaz. I draw the Committee’s attention to my declaration of interests and my membership of Unison and the Writers’ Guild of…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Ninth sitting)I think the Bill will do that, because it will strengthen the employers’ responsibility to take all reasonable steps.10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Ninth sitting)Will the shadow Minister give way?10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Ninth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I thank the hon. Member for giving way. I refer the Committee to my declaration of interests and my membership of…10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Tenth sitting)Prior to entering this place, I spent 25 years working in the television production industry, both as a writer and as a producer. I co-own an independent production company—I…10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)Will the hon. Member give way?05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Christopher. We in this place enjoy the employment rights that come with our job, which is to serve our constituents to the…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighth sitting)The hon. Member is talking about costs, but does he not agree that the lack of flexible work locks out far too many women? Some 40% of women who are not currently working say that…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and my membership of Unison and of the Writers’…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ5. Given that a significant number of Members of this place are, regardless of class, women of a certain age, does the Prime Minister agree that when a woman of a certain age—or…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxThe right hon. Member left a trail of destruction across the Government. She was the Health Secretary who broke the NHS, the Prisons Minister who ran out of prison places and the…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxWill the right hon. Member give way?04 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Sixth sitting)Last week, we heard from companies that say they are good employers and offer security of shifts to their workers. Would the Minister agree that companies that offer their workers…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fifth sitting)I draw the Committee’s attention to my declaration of interests and my membership of the trade unions Unison and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain. I am pleased that the Bill…03 Dec 2024HANSARDMen’s Violence against Women and GirlsRefuges offer protection from perpetrators, time to recover from abuse and a range of support to enable survivors to rebuild their lives, yet 61% of refuge referrals in England…29 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Third sitting)Q Mr Lowman, do your members guarantee hours and provide reasonable notice of shifts, or make some payment when they cancel shifts at short notice? If not, what do you think the…28 Nov 2024