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HANSARD Employment Rights BillI will get back to James Murray, the legal director of Doyle Clayton, who has pointed out that this clause could well cause difficulties for universities in offering those…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThe hon. Lady makes a point that she made in Committee. It was good to debate with her and others in Committee—we had a genuine and robust debate. What I am arguing for is…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillMy hon. Friend makes an exceptional point. The Bill categorically will be playing a part in that, along with the Budget of broken promises, the increase in employer NI and so on.…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillHow can I resist the hon. Gentleman?11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI greatly respect the hon. Gentleman, and we have worked together on a number of issues in recent years, but I do not accept his point. Is there room to improve productivity? Of…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThe hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point, but I do not see businesses out there that want to expend or get rid of their workforces, or disinvest in them, and he is giving a…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThe hon. Gentleman says it is “the vast majority”. I do not know whether it is the vast majority, but some people, of course, will want the guarantee of the hours he talks about.…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI agree with my right hon. Friend. The crux of what she says is the difference between the approach of Conservative Members to economy and the way that Labour Members, and those…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThe hon. Gentleman has had a go; he may come back later. Kate Nicholls, the chief executive of UKHospitality, said that staff in restaurants, bars, pubs and hotels work in a…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI will happily give way in one moment. Government Members should have their eyes open to the consequences of this badly thought out legislation. Perhaps the hon. Lady will open…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThe hon. Lady almost makes the point for me. Earlier, I made the very point that we introduced that right. It was working well, yet the RPC says that the provisions in the Bill…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillOnce more.11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillAfter 21 sittings in the Public Bill Committee, the Government are still tabling hundreds of amendments to the Bill. That highlights once again that their false political deadline…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI am sorry to have to report to my hon. Friend that, no, I do not have greater confidence that the Bill will work. He is right that the RPC placed so much of the Bill in the red…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI have explained that I do not wish to incur Madam Deputy Speaker’s wrath, which I fear is close at this point, so I will make some progress. The current arrangements have also…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I am attending a wedding in Farnham later this year, and I look forward to visiting the Nelson Arms and thanking his constituent for the…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI am mindful of time, and I do not wish to incur Madam Deputy Speaker’s wrath, so I will make progress. We have also tabled amendment 287, which would remove clause 21 from the…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI am not sure that the hon. Lady has firmly grasped what the Bill says in this respect. Of course we want to protect everybody in our society—that is the first duty of…11 Mar 2025HANSARDJustice Estate: Springhill RoadI am grateful for the Minister’s answer, and for the Prisons Minister’s time last summer. Notwithstanding our local opposition to a new prison, it is an absurdity that has been…11 Mar 2025HANSARDJustice Estate: Springhill Road2. Whether she plans to release land owned by her Department at Springhill Road to the Springhill Road Residents Association.11 Mar 2025