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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I will not detain the Committee for long. With the exception of the expert group, which I was not aware of, I could have written the Minister’s speaking notes myself.…18 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I listened very carefully to that wonderfully rosy picture of the UK economy. Can the Minister reconcile that with the most recent employment statistics, which show a…18 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillAs noble Lords know, this is the final group of amendments, and I must say that I am very flattered that so many noble Lords on the Benches opposite have stayed to hear it. The…18 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, in this group of amendments, I have the stand part notice for Clause 114. I support the several amendments in this group in the name of my noble friend Lady Coffey, many…18 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThat was a rather surprising statement. Is the Minister saying that these costs are not included in the estimates that have already been given for the costs of the fair work…18 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill18 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillIn the case of the noble Lord’s response to this group of amendments, and the response to the previous group of amendments by the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, the Ministers have…18 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady O’Grady of Upper Holloway, and I took part in the debates on the 2023 Bill when it went through your Lordships’ House—obviously, on different…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am a great fan of international competitiveness and growth objectives for regulators. When the first one was introduced for financial services regulators in the…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillFurther to that point, will the Minister clarify whether he is talking about medium-sized companies, which might just about cope with the bureaucracy of being a B Corp, or about…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, the amendments just spoken to by the noble Lord, Lord Carter of Haslemere, are clearly very important. I hope the Government will take them extremely seriously. I have…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 272 in this group. When an Act of Parliament creates rights and duties, it usually then allows those who benefit from the rights and duties to enforce…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI never mentioned spent convictions; I referred merely to the risk of employers taking on ex-offenders. I cannot think of a point I could have made in relation to spent…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThe noble Lord referred to the likelihood of cases succeeding if they got as far as the tribunal. Does he accept that the vast majority of cases that are initiated never get as…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I have added my name to the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe, but I also support all the other amendments in this group. Both the noble Lord,…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I have several amendments in this group. I also support all the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Young of Acton. The extension of the Equality Act…19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, can the Minister explain why Clause 21 gives power to the Secretary of State to make provisions in relation to reasonable steps only for sexual harassment and not…19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillWe are not talking about broadening protections; we are talking about setting out what constitutes reasonable steps in the case of sexual harassment, which is included in Clause…19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillCan the Minister explain what the current jurisdiction is? What is the current territorial extent for all tribunal cases?19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, my main concern with the changes to statutory sick pay in this Bill is the impact on smaller businesses, which is why I support the amendments in this group in the names…13 May 2025