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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Third sitting)Sorry, £30 million? Joanne Cairns: No, £13 billion. That was one of the more conservative estimates in the range that it looked at. That would be through reducing workplace…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Third sitting)Q On Tuesday, we heard a witness from a different trade union say that the Bill will lead to the re-unionisation of the economy. Do you concur with that assessment? If you do not,…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Third sitting)What do you base that on? Nye Cominetti: Internationally, we can draw scatter plots of the employment level in a country and the extent of employment regulation, and basically…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q My final question is off the back of that. On Tuesday, Mick Lynch—let us name him—told us that the Bill will lead to the re-unionisation of the economy. Is he getting…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Third sitting)Q Good afternoon. May I come back to the question I put to the previous panel about the Regulatory Policy Committee’s verdict on the impact assessments for the Bill? I am…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Third sitting)Well, the Regulatory Policy Committee has said that eight of the impact assessments for this Bill—the separate columns—are not fit for purpose. Do you think the Bill had its tyres…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Third sitting)Q Has the Resolution Foundation attempted to put a number on the impact on the economy, positive or negative, of this Bill? Nye Cominetti: No. I can describe in general terms how…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)And on bereavement leave? Justin Madders: Again, that is something I am sympathetic to. I understand that the Women and Equalities Committee is undertaking an inquiry on that at…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)That is very helpful. Thank you.28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q That is a hugely comprehensive answer, and I am very grateful for it. One bit of evidence we heard from other witnesses earlier in the week, which I do not think you covered in…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Third sitting)Q I appreciate that you will probably put caveats around this, given your previous answer, but do you have a view on whether the Bill will ultimately—ballpark—result in more jobs…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Mr Carberry, I will come to you shortly, but Mr Simpson, to continue that theme: this is a pretty wide-ranging Bill with a lot of measures. Which of them do you think the…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (First sitting)Q I have a final question on the upskilling of professionals, which Cathryn just mentioned, so that they can advise on the new measures coming in through both the Bill and the…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (First sitting)Q What is enough time? Ben Willmott: We understand that the changes to the unfair dismissal regime in any new initial or statutory probation period will not come in until autumn…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (First sitting)Q Good morning to the witnesses. This is clearly a very large piece of legislation. Previous witnesses have said that perhaps it should be broken up. Do your organisations and…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (First sitting)Q Clearly, this is quite a thick Bill; it has lots of measures in it. If you were able to change any element of it, what would be your top priority? David Hale: There seems to be…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (First sitting)Mr Hale, do you have a view on that perspective? David Hale: If the Government had a good process for the Bill, which I do not think they do, we would be exploring what the…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (First sitting)Q Sticking on that theme of flexibility, particularly from the start-up perspective, and thinking back to the post-2010, pre-pandemic period, a huge proportion of economic growth…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (First sitting)Q Good morning, gentlemen. In the last session, we heard evidence that this Bill could have a £5 billion-a-year impact, disproportionately impacting SMEs. Is that something that…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (First sitting)Q I want to come back on this point, as it goes to the nub of any change to employment law. This does not mean that I am against employment law—I want to make that clear before…26 Nov 2024