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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I will speak to each of the three amendments in this group, starting with Amendment 254. A significant part of the reason for the minimum services, as my noble friend…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for his comments. Undoubtedly, in the last decade, this House has started to move to have far more under the affirmative procedure, so it gets a…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this whole group of stand part notices is basically about the removal of powers from the certification officer. We have already debated Clause 77. In thinking through…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, jumping to Clause 92, I shall start by addressing Amendment 271ZZB in my name. It refers to the annual report that the Secretary of State would be expected to make on…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, the reason I support the amendment is that it links making sure we get the consultations done and then not proceeding with the legislation until that has been printed.…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 267BA, 267BB and 267D in my name. This is where we get to the composition of the board. In this group of amendments, the most important…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEnvironmental Targets (Public Authorities) Bill [HL]My Lords, I express my concern about this amendment. I completely understand where my noble friend Lord Hamilton is coming from with his wider concerns about some of these…13 Jun 2025HANSARDEnvironmental Targets (Public Authorities) Bill [HL]I understand what the noble Lord says on that, recognising that this was covering every single bit of government. The guidance that was attached to the production of local nature…13 Jun 2025HANSARDSpending Review 2025Like my noble friend on the shadow Front Bench, I was surprised that the review suggested that a benefit-cost ratio of less than one could still be considered value for money. It…12 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to this amendment because I was at the Cabinet table when Covid-19 hit this country. I am very conscious of the arduous activity that went on among…11 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillBefore the Minister sits down, let me say that Tom Hayhoe, is, I think, six months through his contract. Do the Government intend to extend it beyond the fixed one year, and when…11 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Finn, particularly on Amendment 60A, because as we go through this process it feels as though the Government are trying to be judge and…11 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillBefore the noble Baroness sits down, it is important to stress, when thinking of prevention of issues and being ready for them, that I am quite confident that the Government have…11 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillBefore the Minister sits down, I particularly focused on the NHS. I was not trying to see it as a sector—I was thinking of the categories and the number by category. I appreciate…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly to the amendments that I have signed. I do not actually wish to add anything on Amendments 244 and 246 as what the noble Lord, Lord Goddard of…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hendy, for bringing this into our debate but, candidly, his Amendment 240 is truly extraordinary. The only success Flying Pickets had was a…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this extensive debate. There are still a number of issues on which there is not agreement, either on the nature of the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 216YC, I will also speak to Amendment 216YD and address Amendment 217, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Burns, to which I have added my name—as indeed…10 Jun 2025