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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Lady for that clarification. There is a danger that we will end up dancing on the head of a pin, but I am always concerned about naming individual things…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I come back to this point of principle: either we have autonomous bodies that can make their own decisions or we do not. If the Government’s answer is that we do not, I certainly…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Thirteenth sitting)How does the hon. Gentleman feel that the NHS in Wales is doing—better or worse than in England?17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I listened very carefully to what the Minister and the hon. Member for Birmingham Northfield said about amendment 168. I was open to dialogue on it to see if we can make it…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Some are definitely more memorable than others. Amendment 168, tabled in my name and that of my hon. Friends on the Conservative Benches, would change the matters that are within…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourteenth sitting)No. I did challenge the hon. Gentleman on his quietness in the morning sitting, and he has not disappointed this afternoon, but of course that is not the position of the official…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The clause builds on the gender pay gap reporting introduced by the last Government. Of course, in 2017 we were on the second of four female Conservative leaders, while the Labour…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I took careful notes, and we can check Hansard later, but I am pretty certain that the Minister himself used the word sufficient in his remarks.17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am grateful to my hon. Friend; he is always reassuring. He raised an important point. Given that, as he highlighted, free schools enjoy the same freedoms —they are specifically…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Further to that point of order, Ms Vaz. I seek your guidance on how we might put it on the record that we wish a very merry Christmas to everyone involved in this Bill Committee.…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Amendment 121 would require the Secretary of State to undertake an impact assessment of the costs on the social care sector of any newly proposed negotiating body. Amendments 121…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Thirteenth sitting)We covered many of the issues relating to this clause when we discussed amendments 112 and 162. I am grateful to the Minister for citing the 2017 changes, which were brought about…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 123, in schedule 3, page 124, line 39, at end insert— “(2A) Before making or revising arrangements under sub-paragraph (1), the Secretary of State must…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourteenth sitting)As we prepare to begin the 12 days of Christmas, we have the 16 clauses of the adult social care negotiating body. I am not sure which has the better ring to it, but I think only…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourteenth sitting)As the Minister said, amendment 68 extends the definition of school support staff in the Bill to include people who do not work in an academy, but who are employed by the…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I will give way to the hon. Lady first.17 Dec 2024HANSARDDraft Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) (Extension to Switzerland etc.) Regulations 2024I am getting used to being in opposition.16 Dec 2024HANSARDDraft Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) (Extension to Switzerland etc.) Regulations 2024It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. His Majesty’s loyal Opposition welcome this update. It is good to see the Government bringing into force an agreement…16 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am reminded of the old chestnut about rushing out a Bill in 100 days and forgetting about the devolved settlements as part of the process. Given that devolution was largely the…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Twelfth sitting)I understand where the Minister is coming from, particularly on the expansion of the requirement to notify the flag state. I spoke earlier about my time on the Transport Committee…12 Dec 2024