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HANSARDNeonatal Care (Leave and Pay) BillWhat a shame.07 Sept 2022HANSARDAvanti West CoastI declare an interest as vice-chair of the west coast main line all-party parliamentary group and as someone who spends a huge amount of my life on the west coast main line. If we…07 Sept 2022HANSARDNeonatal Care (Leave and Pay) BillAs ever, it is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Bardell. Your position as Chair makes you unable to comment on the Bill, although I am sure that you would be…07 Sept 2022HANSARD Employment Law: Devolution to ScotlandDoes my hon. Friend, like me, find it rather bizarre that the hon. Member for Edinburgh West (Christine Jardine) seems to have overlooked the fact that the predecessor of my hon.…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Employment Law: Devolution to ScotlandIt is, as always, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Lanark and Hamilton East (Angela Crawley) for securing…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Employment Law: Devolution to ScotlandI wonder if my hon. Friend could say whether those countries have “Wheel of Fortune”-style things in the morning where people have to phone in and try to win money for their…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Employment Law: Devolution to ScotlandIt is absolutely right that we give BA and British Gas an absolute bashing, but one organisation that started using fire and rehire quite early on was Asda, a number of years ago.…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Employment Law: Devolution to ScotlandAnd your colleague.06 Sept 2022HANSARD Employment Law: Devolution to ScotlandWill the hon. Member give way?06 Sept 2022HANSARD Employment Law: Devolution to ScotlandCan I confirm on the record that the manifesto from the British Labour party for the next general election will have a clear, cast-iron commitment to devolve employment law to the…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Employment Law: Devolution to ScotlandI do not know whether the hon. Gentleman missed the point made in a number of our speeches when we talked precisely about the Scottish Government’s business pledge, which has…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Employment Law: Devolution to ScotlandIn the 25 minutes left, will the Minister give way?06 Sept 2022HANSARD Employment Law: Devolution to ScotlandThe Minister makes a point about companies operating over borders and having different employment practices to adhere to. She is, of course, fully aware that employment law is…06 Sept 2022HANSARDGlobal Food SecurityMany people in Malawi experience nutritional deficiencies, such as insufficient protein. Indeed, 37% of children there experience stunting. What further action will the Government…06 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy UpdateAbout three hours ago I spoke to Deborah Linton, who is the operations director of Dentec Hillington, which is a body repair shop just off London Road in my constituency. Its…05 Sept 2022HANSARD No-fault Benefit DebtsI thank the hon. Gentleman. When I and the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood (Cat Smith) visited his constituency office on holiday during the Easter break, I saw at first…21 Jul 2022HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentDoes my hon. Friend, like me, see the contradiction on the part of the Government? They talk about cutting tax and therefore having fewer resources to resource our public services…21 Jul 2022HANSARDAgricultural and County ShowsI am sure that most people are wondering why on earth the MP for the small, four-mile-long urban constituency of Glasgow East is speaking in the debate. Unfortunately, my hon.…21 Jul 2022HANSARDAgricultural and County ShowsJust the jackets.21 Jul 2022HANSARD No-fault Benefit DebtsI am very grateful to the Minister for giving way. One issue, which came up in a call I had yesterday with StepChange and a number of other advice lines and organisations, is that…21 Jul 2022