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HANSARD Employment Rights BillI proudly draw attention to my membership of the Unite union and my declaration in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, and I thank my friends at the GMB and ASLEF for…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI do acknowledge that, every single of which will go into the pocket of a working person in improved rights and higher wages, alongside £13 billion of increased productivity,…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank my fellow member of the Business and Trade Committee for his intervention. As he will have seen from the amendment paper, the Government…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI care about the people of Scotland.12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThe hon. Member has referred a number of times to yesterday’s proceedings. I am sad that he was not able to join us in the Division Lobby in voting against the amendments and in…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillDoes the right hon. Member accept that someone choosing to take on an irregular contract when they are at the high end of the pay scale with significant professional skills and…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI will help the hon. Gentleman to come back to the point. Two in three young women have experienced sexual harassment or verbal abuse in the workplace. It is important that where…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillWill the hon. Member give way?11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThe hon. Member and I both serve on the Business and Trade Committee. The statistics show that the vast majority of young people do not have two years’ service and therefore have…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Illegal BikesI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. His work and leadership on this issue are exemplary, and I know that Ministers will have taken note of what he said when presenting…05 Mar 2025HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Illegal BikesI beg to move, That this House has considered anti-social behaviour and illegal use of off-road bikes. It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Dr Murrison. I am so pleased…05 Mar 2025HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Illegal BikesMy hon. Friend is correct. I so look forward to the Crime and Policing Bill coming forward in the next couple of weeks. It will give police the powers to seize those antisocial…05 Mar 2025HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Illegal BikesMy hon. Friend is correct. By working together—the police, councils and local communities—we can stop this happening. I heard more stories, including from Terri-Ann in Hateley…05 Mar 2025HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Illegal BikesIt sounds like there is really good work going on in Stoke that the rest of us can learn from, and I encourage everyone to think about doing so. Back in my area of Friar Park, the…05 Mar 2025HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Illegal BikesMy hon. Friend is completely right. It is neighbourhood policing that will make the difference, and I am so pleased that we are bringing it back. Most of the bikes in my area are…05 Mar 2025HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Illegal BikesI absolutely agree. Chelsea and Fulham may be some way from my constituency, but councils and the police working together, and consistency of approach, is precisely what will make…05 Mar 2025HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Illegal BikesI absolutely agree. Digging up pavements, creating ruts, noise and disturbance, and shooting around the corner with no warning are precisely the sorts of things that may make…05 Mar 2025HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend is eloquent in setting out the skills challenges of the Black Country. My constituency neighbours hers, and locally 40% of jobs need level 4 skills, but only 16% of…25 Feb 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteThe Minister has set out how we delivered £2 billion-worth of support for the automotive sector in the Budget. That support is both for manufacturing and for the crucial supply…24 Feb 2025HANSARDApprenticeshipsI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Peterborough (Andrew Pakes) for securing the debate. I am a proud manufacturing MP from the Black Country. I represent Tipton, Wednesbury and…04 Feb 2025