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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eleventh sitting)I will re-declare that I have been an employer in the past, as well as an employee, and have employed staff; this is not just a union position. I have talked about companies. I…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eleventh sitting)I apologise. I just wanted to remind the shadow Minister that we are already hearing from businesses. They are clearly looking at this loophole as an opportunity for them in the…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eleventh sitting)We are not talking about technological changes, though, are we? We are not talking about advances that would mean changes to the structure of a business. We are talking about the…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eleventh sitting)I thank the Minister for his comments. It is helpful to know that there will be further consultation and, potentially, amendments—which may even come from his own side—to tighten…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eleventh sitting)I appreciate that there is a lot in the Bill, and I appreciate that some Government Members on the Committee think this is a nut to crack. I have asked questions—I hope to hear…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ6. These last months have shown that cruel Westminster Governments of whichever party continue to target the weakest in society while the Scottish Government will continue to…11 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Tenth sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Stringer. I rise to speak in support of new clauses 39 and 40, which stand in the name of the right hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd…10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Tenth sitting)I thank the Minister. I would appreciate that.10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)I am hearing this argument repeated again and again, but I am struggling. I need an example. Employers insure themselves against floods, fire and everything else. We talked on…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)I will just probe a little further. All those points are valid, but they are the responsibility of the business, not the employee—most notably because they have no shares in the…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighth sitting)It is good to see you in your place, Sir Christopher. I will speak to an amendment on this issue shortly, but I will briefly say that everyone in this room, at some point in their…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 158, in clause 9, page 26, line 17, leave out “the prescribed percentage of”.05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighth sitting)I have already touched on the impact that illness has in our lives. Some of us have family members who have been long-term sick. If they have been in employment, £6,000 a year as…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighth sitting)I have listened with great interest to the Minister. I thank him for his comments and for the consultation that concluded yesterday. It would be helpful to hear today what the…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank the Minister for his intervention, but this is not a DWP issue. We are not talking about the level of SSP. We are talking about a sentence in the Bill that puts in a…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighth sitting)I need to ask for your advice, Sir Christopher, because at this point I would press the amendment to a vote but I want to be charitable and open to understanding what we are…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighth sitting)Thank you for that advice, Sir Christopher. Based on that, I would consider coming back to this on Report, given the fact that I have not seen the consultation and I would like to…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Sixth sitting)rose —03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Sixth sitting)On new section 27BE, there is a lack of formality relating to the worker’s right to refuse an offer of a regular-hours contract. Indeed, the risk is that workers could be coerced…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Sixth sitting)I have been both an employer and an employee in a number of situations, including in retail and hospitality, which we have been hearing about. The hon. Member talks about…03 Dec 2024