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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fifth sitting)The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that the previous Government set the reference period at 12 weeks. What we do not have clarity on is whether the Bill will change that. Will…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fifth sitting)It is certainly probing. Like earlier amendments, it is intended to spark debate so that we can understand where the Government sit on the issue, what is coming down the line and…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 143, in clause 1, page 3, line 17, leave out “with the specified day” and insert “18 months after the day on which the period began”. This amendment…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fifth sitting)I accept many of the Minister’s points about the consultation, but as my hon. Friend the Member for Bridgwater has made clear, there is a Henry VIII power here. When legislation…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fifth sitting)This is the last group of Opposition amendments for a little while. Amendments 143 and 144 would specify the length of the reference period as 18 months. The RPC, which was widely…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fifth sitting)There are just a couple more Opposition amendments to go before we get to some Government ones. Amendments 150 and 151 propose to exclude agency workers from the provisions on the…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 151, in clause 1, page 3, line 2, after “worker” leave out “(but see section 27BV for power to make provision about agency workers)”. This amendment is…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fifth sitting)I hope, from the nodding coming from the Government Front Bench, that Ministers agree with this. We will withdraw the amendment, but this point needs considerably more debate as…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fifth sitting)I accept the points made by the Minister, but I still think there is a relative concern. We in no way, shape or form want to create loopholes—certainly not for any unscrupulous…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 152, in clause 1, page 3, line 2, after “not” insert “on a fixed-term contract or”. This amendment will exempt a worker on fixed-term contracts from being…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fifth sitting)It is no surprise that the Government are unwilling to accept the amendment; it is a probing amendment, so we would probably have been quite upset if they had. The fundamental…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fifth sitting)That was quick, but go on.03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fifth sitting)As I said to the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles, sometimes something a little obscure is needed in order to get noticed and to get an answer. There is a serious question on…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 149, in clause 1, page 2, line 29, leave out “a number of hours (‘the minimum number of hours’) not exceeding a specified number of hours” and insert “two…03 Dec 2024HANSARDBangladesh: Attacks on Hindu CommunityA number of members of the Hindu community in Mid Buckinghamshire have contacted me to say that they are deeply concerned about the situation in Bangladesh, and I urge the…02 Dec 2024HANSARDMigration and Border SecurityThe Home Secretary ended her statement by saying that she wanted “serious international partnerships”, but when pressed on that by the shadow Home Secretary, she seemed reluctant…02 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Good afternoon, gentlemen. This is a far-reaching Bill. We have heard from the Government and from other witnesses that there is potentially a £5 billion cost to the economy…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I certainly recognise the picture you paint of Banbury; it is very close to my constituency and I am sure you have people from Buckinghamshire on your payroll. What modelling…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q 127 Good afternoon, gentlemen. I will put the same question to you as I put to the other trade union representatives we have heard from so far. The Bill is wide-reaching. Some…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q So you do not think that there is any part of the Bill that is deficient, and that your union would rather see strengthened or modified in any way. Mike Clancy: The key thing we…28 Nov 2024