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HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI agree that it is really important to take the heat out of the situation at the very beginning. The hon. Lady is absolutely right—I mentioned it myself—about the importance of…22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillThere is much in what the hon. Gentleman has said that I agree with. I just point out that the Bill does not actually ask for the disclosure of “all information”. It asks for the…22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillIndeed. The hon. Gentleman is right, and the courts find it disagreeable that such a clause, purporting to allow retrospective variation of the contract, should be embedded within…22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Billrose—22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s good humour. The Bill does not ban fire and rehire, but we want—I think all hon. Members want—to end it as a tactic. That is the point. When…22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Billclaimed to move the closure (Standing Order No. 36). Question put forthwith, That the Question be now put.22 Oct 2021HANSARDCOP26: Limiting Global Temperature Rises“Code red for humanity”: that is what the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has called this crisis. It says that we need to mobilise on a warlike footing if we are to…21 Oct 2021HANSARD Human Rights: KashmirIndeed; I was about to come on to that. That there is no taxation without representation is not a principle observed in AJK. It is not a country; it is not a province; it is not a…23 Sept 2021HANSARD Human Rights: KashmirIndeed, it is. I will try to ensure that the connections are apparent. Of course, it is no coincidence that the last hideout of Osama bin Laden was in Abbottabad, scarcely a mile…23 Sept 2021HANSARD Human Rights: KashmirAt this critical time in the region, with the US and UK withdrawal from Afghanistan, it is right that people understand the connections between democracy, pluralism and human…23 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister has set out today that he wants a high-skill, high-wage economy. He has also been on the record as saying that the tactic of fire and rehire is “unacceptable”.…15 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeI do not think that anybody can be under any illusion about the fact that all of us who have been dealing with this would want more resources put into the situation. We were…15 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeThe relatives of my constituents who are trapped in Afghanistan are precisely those people who for the past 20 years have organised their lives around the future that we promised…15 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyThe Minister spoke about the ways the scheme will prioritise those who have assisted UK efforts, but what does “prioritisation” actually mean? Those who will be admitted on to the…13 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyMy question is about what prioritisation means, who will be notified about it, how it will be determined, and whether there is any pre-filling of the lists, as is being rumoured…13 Sept 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI supported the war in Afghanistan; I supported the war in Iraq. In politics, it is important to learn from your mistakes, but it is often other people who pay for them. Today,…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanBefore the right hon. Gentleman was rerouted by the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Jack Brereton), he was making a powerful point about those who come across the channel in…18 Aug 2021HANSARD NHS UpdateIn order to ensure that the Minister is damned if she says no and damned if she says yes, can she confirm whether she believes that pushing the Government response to the pay…21 Jul 2021HANSARD Building Safety BillI am not sure what is worse for leaseholders: the fact that they are in constant fear because their homes are not safe, the fact that they cannot afford to make them safe and are…21 Jul 2021HANSARD Deforestation in the AmazonI congratulate the right hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling) on securing this debate, and I note with great pleasure, Mr McCabe, that you are presiding in the Chair.…23 Jun 2021