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HANSARDEmployment 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 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fifth sitting)I am sorry to stop the Minister in his tracks, but it is quite an important point. There is in the Bill what I would consider to be a loophole, which enables employers to offer a…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance ContributionsLabour’s national insurance increase will cost Dundee city council a minimum of £7.3 million, while across Scotland an additional £500 million will be incurred, rising to £750…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions1. If she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill on the cost of delivering public services.03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Third sitting)Q I am sure you welcome some of the proposed changes to statutory sick pay. One key problem with it is the level of sick pay. People still go to work ill because the level of sick…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Third sitting)Q I want to ask Joanne a little bit about USDAW’s experience dealing with Tesco. Tesco is one of the biggest employers in my constituency and it has a live case in the Livingston…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Can I press a little bit further on that, Mike? I understand that there should be some room for employers who are under extreme financial stress, but the employers we have…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q We have heard from each of you about what you would ideally like to see in the legislation. One thing we have heard is that it is going either too fast or too slow for…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q We have heard a general consensus breaking out around fire and rehire, but part of one of the clauses in the Bill has a bit of a loophole, to put it bluntly—“likely” financial…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q I am focusing still on fire and rehire. Listening to the comments made in the last five minutes, I think the consensus is that we want to see the end of fire and rehire, and I…26 Nov 2024HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance3. If he will increase the amount and proportion of official development assistance allocated to humanitarian projects.26 Nov 2024HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceThe Government’s insistence on continuing to implement the Tories’ deep and damaging cuts to the aid budget and unprecedented levels of ODA spending on in-donor refugee costs is…26 Nov 2024HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceI see that the Minister is shaking her head; I look forward to her response. Does she recognise that the UK Government cannot say they are back on the global stage while these…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Following on from Mr Moxham’s comments, I wonder whether there are parts of this UK-wide Bill that give you concern for employment rights in devolved nations where devolved…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q I wanted to explore something a bit more, Joeli, because my ears pricked up when you talked about non-disclosure agreements and the thousands that sign away the complete rights…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Ninety per cent? Joeli Brearley: Ninety per cent; it is a significant proportion. Often, these are for quite measly sums of money. They are pushed on women when they are feeling…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (First sitting)Q A number of parts of the legislation have been removed, and some are obviously there for consultation. I wanted to ask you as a panel where you would like to see the Bill go…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (First sitting)Q This is a question for the whole panel but, Carly, you mentioned that regulations here set the minimum standards. Does this Bill go far enough, and which bits would you like to…26 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsLet us remind this House why we are here. Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant stand accused of very serious crimes: the crime against humanity of murder, and the crime against…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Future of the Post OfficePeople in my constituency and across Scotland want a post office network from which they can access essential government services, such as their pensions. We frequently hear in…13 Nov 2024