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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, the Minister said during her remarks that there would be a cost per employee of £15; I think she said that in the earlier group as well. Can she provide any more…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI have read it. There is no more detail in that impact assessment on the £15. That is why I am asking whether the Minister can provide further detail on how that £15 was arrived…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I support the amendments in this group in the names of my noble friends on our Front Bench. I have a number of concerns about the guaranteed-hours provisions in the…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I will comment briefly on my noble friend Lord Sharpe of Epsom’s Amendment 28, which replaces the test of reasonable belief with that of formal confirmation. I mentioned…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I think the Minister will find that the only amendment that can be withdrawn at the moment is Amendment 5. The others have not been reached on the Marshalled List. I…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I rise to move Amendment 5 and will speak also to Amendment 124 in this group. I thank the noble Lords, Lord Londesborough and Lord Vaux of Harrowden for adding their…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I have never been much enamoured with purpose clauses, although they are a convenient way of having an early debate on the principles of a Bill before we get stuck into…29 Apr 2025HANSARDNational Debt: It’s Time for Tough Decisions (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I was a member of your Lordships’ Economic Affairs Committee under the excellent chairmanship of my noble friend Lord Bridges of Headley when this report kicked off, but…25 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this is a very bad Bill for many reasons, and I will have to ration myself to just two areas. First, the Bill is unequivocally bad for businesses and therefore bad for…27 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I support all the amendments in lieu in this group, particularly Amendment 21B by my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe, asking for an ex post review of the impact on…24 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, we come to an exciting part of this Report stage, having had several debates on this Bill. The Bill will have significant impacts on: some types of employers; some…25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to challenge the analysis of the noble Viscount, Lord Chandos. He claimed that if we took the health and social care levy employer element and what was…25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I cannot make the Government accept a power that I have generously offered to be made a part of this Bill. I hope the Government do not regret at a later stage turning…25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I have added my name to my noble friend’s amendment. We debated impact assessments several times in Committee and the Minister’s reply was always the same formula. It…25 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, for adding his name to Amendment 1. The amendment would add to the Bill a statement of objectives for Great British…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI thank all noble Lords who took part in the debate on this group of amendments. I will start with Amendment 37, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Vaux. He will decide, when we…11 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill06 Feb 2025