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HANSARD Trade Union Workplace AccessMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point, and I thank him for his kind comments. I will return to the issue of digital access shortly.22 Oct 2025HANSARD Trade Union Workplace AccessMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The fair pay agreement architecture gives us a real opportunity to enhance the provisions.22 Oct 2025HANSARD Trade Union Workplace AccessI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s timely intervention. We know that in schools, the National Education Union and the NASUWT union face obstacles from multi-academy trusts…22 Oct 2025HANSARD Trade Union Workplace AccessMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The decline in trade union penetration of the economy is consistent with the stagnation in wages. If we are to turn the issue around, these…22 Oct 2025HANSARD Trade Union Workplace AccessMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I am sure that she has in mind the Amazon debacle in Coventry, where that issue was at play. I thank her and all my hon. Friends for their…22 Oct 2025HANSARD Trade Union Workplace AccessDoes the Minister agree that there are many good employers across our economy who actively engage and encourage trade union access and recognition? They could be of great service…22 Oct 2025HANSARD Trade Union Workplace AccessMy hon. Friend makes an apposite point. We hear constantly about the crises of recruitment and retention in our core public services, among others. Only by strengthening workers’…22 Oct 2025HANSARD Trade Union Workplace AccessThe hon. Gentleman is perfectly right. It may have been compulsory, but it is certainly one of the better decisions that he has ever made. The problem of trade union access to…22 Oct 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillMy hon. Friend is making a very powerful point. Will he join me in thanking our hon. Friend the Member for Stockton North (Chris McDonald) and his predecessor, Alex Cunningham,…15 Oct 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI very much welcome the Prime Minister’s statement, and we all achingly welcome the longed-for ceasefire in Gaza and the safe return of prisoners and hostages, but does the Prime…14 Oct 2025HANSARD Postural Tachycardia SyndromeMy constituent has contacted me about his daughter, who lives with PoTS and faces exhausting weekly travel for costly private IV treatment due to the lack of local NHS provision.…14 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Tory cuts to local authorities cruelly caused lasting damage to many communities. What a contrast to the Government’s Pride in Place programme awards to Park End and Thorntree…13 Oct 2025HANSARD Employment Rights: Impact on BusinessesI wish to intervene, not to have the shadow Minister shape the terms of my intervention. She is talking about the impact of the Employment Rights Bill. How can that be? Has it yet…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights: Impact on BusinessesIf workers are in good, well-paid work, they can go on to lead good, flourishing lives, and they will return that as a dividend through their collaboration with their employer.…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights: Impact on BusinessesWill the shadow Minister give way?16 Sept 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesMuch has been said about the process, but does the right hon. Gentleman agree that it was clearly never worth the risk to appoint Peter Mandelson? Will he go further than that on…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillWe want to get through this consultation as quickly as possible and to get this Bill on the statute book so that the position is clear, but I take the hon. Gentleman’s point. We…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThe amendment speaks to those sorts of figures. I am making the point that that sort of notice is simply not acceptable. People cannot live structured lives and be able to plan…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillAnd some people do not.15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillWill the Secretary of State give way?15 Sept 2025