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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this is an interesting debate. As the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, has pointed out, this idea was in both the 2022 Green Paper and in the paper that the Labour Party…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I rise to speak on this really quite interesting clause. I have carefully read Hansard from the other place in trying to understand what it is really putting in place. I…03 Jun 2025HANSARDNational Policy Statement for Nuclear Energy GenerationMy Lords, it is an honour for me to follow my noble friend Lady Maclean of Redditch. As noble Lords have already heard, my noble friend is quite happy to spice things up a bit,…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this is one of the most important parts of this legislation, and I am very conscious of the Labour Party’s manifesto and its success in the election last year. However,…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillOr the most vulnerable—and we can just keep going. However, on whether people take cases to the employment tribunal, as has been referred to, we are not going to debate Part 5…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThe Minister has not addressed the fact that there are already powers in existing legislation to modify the qualifying period. The Minister talks about going into consultation,…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I did not put my name to Amendment 102, because I do not agree with it entirely, for reasons I will set out, but the general approach is absolutely right. We do not need…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillHas the noble Lord read the later parts of the Bill that specifically say that? In the human rights assessment, there is a qualified comment from the Government that, basically,…21 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to the proposed new clause and to support, in particular, subsections (1)(a) and (1)(c). As the noble Lord, Lord Meston, pointed out, it contains the key…20 May 2025HANSARDNHS and Care Volunteer Responders ServiceMy Lords, if the Minister is concerned about the use of volunteers, will she then consider the role of community first responders? Responses by volunteers are included in…20 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I am continuing the discussion that I brought to the Committee with Amendment 182. At the time, I referred to the fact that there were other amendments that were…15 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights Bill15 May 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, it is a huge privilege to follow my noble friend Lady Spielman after her exceptionally thoughtful, insightful speech to the House, indicating very clearly the experience…15 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights Bill15 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I have heard from both Front Benches and there is clearly no appetite for this. I am just very conscious that there are some areas that have grown substantially over…15 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, the reason for this amendment is that I looked carefully at some of the previous debates on the broader issue of trying to help people stay in their home, even though…15 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, one of the things I am learning about this place is that by tabling amendments to legislation you get to discuss aspects of policy. I was not here for the other debate,…15 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I have tabled Amendment 252A. I guess I am still learning about this Committee, because all the speakers have been exceptionally generous, saying that they support all…14 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 73 in my name regarding SMEs and an SSP rebate scheme. I have made a drafting error by calling it four days when it should have been three…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I commend the speeches that have been made, particularly on kinship care, but recognise the challenges that carers face. I am sure that the debate on remuneration for…13 May 2025