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HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)Does the Minister recognise that it is the poor who pay the largest portion of their disposable income in fuel costs? She is absolutely right that such a cut would, of course, be…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)The mistake with Budgets is to think that they are the beginning of a financial process. Often, they are the result of one. This Budget is the result of 11 years of austerity and…28 Oct 2021HANSARDSustainability and Climate Change (National Curriculum)It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ghani. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham East (Nadia Whittome) on the way she introduced this…27 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillThe Minister referred to JDE at Banbury and the fact that, ultimately, an accommodation was reached about the least disagreeable way forward. He must know, however, if he has…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend. He makes a very important point that was reinforced when I met the British Chambers of Commerce. The lady I met said that before she came to meet…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI will just make some progress, if I may. All too often, a new chief executive comes into a business and announces that they are going to drive up shareholder value. What they do…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillAgain, I am grateful to my hon. Friend. I think we in this place often have a very poor understanding of just how insecure people in the workplace really are. Most of us here have…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillWe all enjoyed the hon. Member’s contribution. All I would say to him is that, at this time of day, one should never drink on an empty head.22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillMy hon. Friend has, again, touched on a really important point. It is about what sort of society we want and whether we want a society where work is an insecure fact of life.22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillThe hon. Lady’s point was somewhat drowned out on the Labour Benches, but I think it was by people who were agreeing about the importance of training and skills.22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI saw that the hon. Lady wanted to intervene on the intervention, but now she can intervene on the substantive speech.22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillMy hon. Friend makes a very significant wider point about the productivity and the relative productivity of the UK. I think that is a matter of very deep concern to Members across…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say we need to ensure that businesses can cope with the changes that they experience and can, from time to time, restructure…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillMadam Deputy Speaker, I have to say that that is the first time that hon. Gentleman has ever called this hon. Gentleman an honourable gentleman, so my congratulations to you. I…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI entirely agree with the right hon. Gentleman. It is a matter of principle. That is why I think Members across the House have said what they have about the evils of fire and…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillIt was circulated to 160,000 members, and 225 wanted to reply. In my view, that says everything about the way this is being used by personnel departments.22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillAgain, I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I am sure he will also have noticed that that survey was sent out by the institute to 160,000 of its members, and it asked whether…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, and let me tackle it head on. The survey by Britain Thinks, of 2,321 people, showed that 9% of workers said that in the…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillMy hon. Friend makes a very eloquent point, both about the substance and the process. I entirely agree with him.22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI am very grateful to the hon. Lady. Fire and rehire is happening all over our country. We must act. Sainsbury’s, Argos, Asda, Tesco—they are all at it. Profitable companies are…22 Oct 2021