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HANSARDSocial CareMy Lords, I declare my interest as a director of an adult social care business. It is time—and I hope the review looks at this—to rename carers something other than “carers”,…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillWe are talking about small and medium-sized businesses too, and they are not all going to be tech companies; they are not all going to be Amazons. They are small or medium-sized…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I agree with almost everything that my noble friend said. When I was growing up, my father, who was in business, suffered the three-day week, and I understand the impact…24 Jun 2025HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Vulnerable ChildrenMy Lords, does the Minister agree that part of how to help children through their education is by encouraging businesses to grow in the countries where it is most needed? Will she…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Casey ReportMy Lords, it is really good to hear what the Minister has said, but victims will need a lot of help to readjust into normal life. We cannot just do an inquiry and leave them to…18 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI am slightly confused. This seems to be quite a heavy-handed way of capturing workers who may have difficulties understanding their rights. Instead of being so heavy-handed about…18 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillCan the Minister tell me what percentage of the consultation was among BME businesses?16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI want to ask the Minister a question. It may be that I have missed the answer, although I have tried really hard to listen to every word that she has said. If a business wants to…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I just want to intervene very briefly as well. I have raised numerous times that I worry that small and medium-sized businesses have been completely left out of the…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank the Minister, but I think he is going to tie himself in knots on this one, because there are challenges that will not be rightly represented. To indulge the Minister,…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMay I just ask the Minister a very small question? In business, we already comply with the Equality Act. Most businesses do it because it is mandated, but we would do it anyway…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillWhen the consultations are going on, how much consultation is being done with businesses from the black and ethnic minority communities? As I keep repeating in this House, I have…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I did not want to intervene on this group, but, listening to the noble Lord, I became slightly worried that we are getting into censorship. This country is a proud…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, does the noble Lord accept that the case is exactly the same for small employers? They too will be in the position of having to deal with tribunals in the same way—hence…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, as an employer who has employed people over the past 40-odd years, I know that the difficulty for an SME—any small business such as my own—is the ability to manage all…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I have a brief point to make about the impact on minority businesses, which may need extra assistance, and to ask whether the cost has been taken into account in an…19 May 2025HANSARDKashmir: Increasing TensionMy Lords, my noble friend on our Front Benches asked about the incident with the attaché in the Pakistani high commission. I do not think I heard a response to that. It would be…30 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as laid out in the register. I regret that I was unable to speak at Second Reading. As someone who has been an employer for over 40 years for…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, very quickly, large businesses may be able to be supportive. Could the Minister name any small business that she has come across that supports this?29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillForgive me; I thank the Minister for her patience. Seasonal work is incredibly different from care, which is about the elements around you. We cannot predict when somebody will…29 Apr 2025