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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Nineteeth sitting)For the next part of the double act —I will casually ignore the Minister’s comparison—I will speak to Government amendments 184 and 188. Amendment 184 is a minor amendment…14 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Nineteeth sitting)All of Buckinghamshire.14 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for explaining these further minor amendments to section 114B of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act, being made as a result of the replacement of…14 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Nineteeth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once more, Mr Mundell. As the Minister has outlined, Government amendment 183 will ensure that section 12(2) of the Gangmasters…14 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Nineteeth sitting)As the Minister outlined in his opening remarks, Government amendment 190 would authorise enforcement officers, under part 5 of the Bill, to exercise the powers conferred by…14 Jan 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationLast week, Hamas fired rockets at the Erez crossing, demonstrating once again the terror group’s intention to disrupt aid delivery and prolong the suffering of Gazans, as well as…14 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Twentieth sitting)This is probably one of the meatier amendments that the official Opposition has tabled— [ Interruption. ] As bits of the Palace fall down around us, it may be symbolic of the…14 Jan 2025HANSARDEquipment Theft7. When she plans to bring the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023 into force.13 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Registrar (Identity Verification and Authorised Corporate Service Providers) Regulations 2024
Draft Unique Identifiers (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2024It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I will start with the Registrar (Identity Verification and Authorised Corporate Service Providers) Regulations…13 Jan 2025HANSARDEquipment TheftI am grateful to the Minister for his kind words and to the Government for their support for what was my private Member’s Bill and is now the Act. The commencement date for the…13 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)A lot of the detail is in the clauses that follow this one; as the Minister said, this is very much a building-block clause. Although I totally understand and appreciate the…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighteenth sitting)When it comes to protecting our intelligence services, it turns out that the Minister is not Dr No after all. [Interruption.] I think we will leave it there. The point that I have…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)Amendment 169 clarifies the specific obligations relating to the payment of statutory sick pay that are enforceable under part 5. Similarly, amendment 170 will ensure that those…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighteenth sitting)On the face of it, this is a sensible clause with appropriate safeguards around HMRC data. The only note of caution I would throw into the mix when involving HMRC in any…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister, and I would be happy to follow this matter up in correspondence if we cannot make it clear in Committee. The point I was trying to make was that new…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighteenth sitting)These are very minor amendments, to which the Opposition do not object. Amendment 101 agreed to. Ordered, That further consideration be now adjourned. —(Anna McMorrin.)09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighteenth sitting)My thoughts on the clause are similar to those I expressed on the last clause we debated. The language of this one is a little clearer, so the Opposition do not object to it.…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and for what appears to be his support for the British egg industry. I encourage him to eat as many British eggs as…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I will be delighted to in one second, when I have finished my train of thought. Can someone be classed as independent if they are an academic or a university professor, perhaps…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I always bow to your advice, Mr Mundell. I will try to save the Minister the embarrassment of having that recorded in Hansard . Let me try to return to my point. While I accept…09 Jan 2025