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HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI will in just one moment, particularly because that is the hon. Lady’s constituency. This was a complete breach of health and safety protocol. When news like that is given to an…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI am not sure whether I am glad that my hon. Friend has made that point, because I was going to make it myself later on in my speech, but it is a really important point. It shows…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI do agree with the hon. Gentleman, and that is why I was very keen to say at the beginning that this is about making Britain the best place to work. It can only be the best place…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI beg to move, That the Bill now be read a Second time. This Bill is about making Britain the best place to work. It is about levelling up and treating people fairly. It is about…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillMay I just remind the hon. Lady that the comment about capitalism was not, in fact, mine but the Leader of the House’s? I understand her fundamental point, and from it I take that…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillAbsolutely. I hope that the House will show its true colours and come to an accommodation, so that we not only agree that it is the right thing to be done but ensure that it is…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI am happy to respond to the hon. Lady’s question. We chose the figure of 50 employees, and the Bill refers to 15 or more employees being affected by these changes, because that…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillNot only do I agree with my hon. Friend, but I agree with the statistics. The statistics are very clear: 70% of the companies that have engaged in these tactics over the last…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillLet me reassure the hon. Gentleman that we are not skipping down what Hamlet called the “primrose path of dalliance” to hell together. I have no intention in this Bill of banning,…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that. It is important that we clarify that on both sides of the House. There are other ways of addressing—22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillIf the hon. Gentleman will forgive me, I am conscious that there is a statement in half an hour and at the rate my speech is going—22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillVery quickly, then.22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillAcross the House, I think we can all agree that we want to grow our economy—there is no question about that. We also want to grow jobs, but let us make sure that when we do grow…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI am about to address those points. If, later on, the hon. Gentleman feels that I have not done so, he should intervene on me again, because they are important points and I do not…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillMy hon. Friend speaks with such a wealth of experience on these matters and he is, of course, absolutely right. Good businesses need to be able to respond quickly to the pandemic,…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI am just about to move on to the technical part of the Bill. Madam Deputy Speaker has caught my eye to suggest that I have been over-generous in giving way, so I shall defer to…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI will not. The CAC could also refer the matter to ACAS if it thought that conciliation might assist in settling the dispute. One of the more disturbing aspects of my visits to…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillNo, I am concluding this section, then I will happily give way to the hon. Gentleman. These points are important. For this reason, the Bill would amend section 19 of the Trade…22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI am grateful to the hon. Lady for engaging so closely with the Bill. I think she knows she is over-egging it, because any tribunal would look at the situation in the round. The…22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Billrose—22 Oct 2021