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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill: ProductivityThe noble Baroness makes a very good point. It is slightly beyond my brief today, but I am sure that if there is scope we will embrace that idea, which is a very sensible one.31 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill: ProductivityI am grateful to my noble friend for making these points. I should reiterate that Britain’s working people and businesses will be the driving force of the UK economy, but the…31 Mar 2025HANSARDScunthorpe SteelworksFirst, the noble Lord is absolutely right that this is a very worrying time for British Steel’s workers and all those who are affected. First and foremost, we are thinking of…31 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill: ProductivityMy Lords, of course I am happy to meet with all the stakeholders. No doubt a programme will be put together to do just that.31 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill: ProductivityI know noble Lords do not like to hear it, but I am happy to repeat it again. That, of course, demanded tough choices to fix our public services and create long-term growth and…31 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill: ProductivityI am grateful to my noble friend. He is citing one example. There are numerous examples of external support for our arguments. Academics at Warwick University, Oxford University,…31 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill: ProductivityMy Lords, we have to be clear about the fiscal inheritance which we inherited from the previous Government.31 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill: ProductivityMy Lords, of course we have taken into account the impact on small and medium-sized businesses, but having an entitlement to fair, flexible and secure working should not be…31 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThat the Bill be now read a second time. Welsh, Scottish and Northern Ireland legislative consent sought27 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, when this Government came into office, we made a commitment to deliver the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation—a commitment I particularly support, given…27 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to be able to conclude this debate, which has been as insightful as it has been passionate and informed. The debate today has been very well attended…27 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThat the Bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and that it be an instruction to the Committee of the Whole House that they consider the Bill in the following order:…27 Mar 2025HANSARDElectronic Communications (Networks and Services) (Designated Vendor Directions) (Penalties) Order 2025My Lords, the Government take the security of public telecoms seriously. As noble Lords know, the Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 received Royal Assent on 17 November 2021.…25 Mar 2025HANSARDElectronic Communications (Networks and Services) (Designated Vendor Directions) (Penalties) Order 2025My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their valuable contributions to this debate. We believe that legislative certainty is important, which is why we are seeking to resolve potential…25 Mar 2025HANSARDElectronic Communications (Networks and Services) (Designated Vendor Directions) (Penalties) Order 2025I am sure that it says in my brief that we are on target to meet the 2027 deadline. If I am mistaken about that, I will write to noble Lords, obviously. In response to the noble…25 Mar 2025HANSARDIsrael: Arms ExportsI must reiterate that my noble friend Lady Chapman was absolutely correct to say that, under the criteria, the Government were required to suspend certain licences. The decision…25 Mar 2025HANSARDIsrael: Arms ExportsUltimately, these are matters for the courts to determine, not the Government. However, the clear risk of serious breaches of international humanitarian law has led us to suspend…25 Mar 2025HANSARDIsrael: Arms ExportsI can only reiterate what I have just said, which is that this is a matter for the courts, not the Government, to determine. However, we have made our own decisions about the…25 Mar 2025HANSARDIsrael: Arms ExportsMy Lords, the assessment that there was a clear risk that certain UK exports might be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international humanitarian law meant that…25 Mar 2025HANSARDIsrael: Arms ExportsAs I have made clear, our assessment was that there was a clear risk that there would be serious violations of international humanitarian law, so my noble friend was correct in…25 Mar 2025