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HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillIt would be totally wrong of me to cast any aspersions on the hon. Gentleman’s teaching ability. I have not sat through one of his classes, but if it was anything like his speech…18 Mar 2025HANSARDWomen’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationThe hon. Member is being generous with her time. It is not just the ombudsman in which faith could be shaken. The public are rightly concerned that dozens if not hundreds of…17 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI rise to speak again on the second day of Report stage to raise serious concerns about the role of the Bill in facilitating unprecedented and dangerous access for trade unions…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI will come to the hon. Gentleman in a minute. Yesterday, we heard that Labour clearly does not understand business, and today we get to what it really does understand: how it can…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Rural Communities: Government SupportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I congratulate the hon. Member for South Devon (Caroline Voaden) on providing the opportunity to discuss the…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI have hardly started. There cannot possibly be anything that the hon. Gentleman wants to intervene on me for just yet, but I will come to him.12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThe right hon. Member used the term “modernising industrial relations”, which sounds a little like a euphemism. Taking him at his word, however, is he not therefore surprised that…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI will not, because I have only a minute to go. Perhaps it is time that the Government started listening to the real industry experts—those with practical experience in the…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThe disparity—I will put it no stronger than that—that my right hon. Friend mentions is stark. Anybody watching these proceedings outside this House will absolutely agree that the…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI will, for the last time.12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI return to what industry leaders are saying. They have shared their fear about “union influence slowing down decision making and hindering flexibility”, making it harder for…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillMy right hon. Friend makes a key point. The change since yesterday has been interesting. Yesterday, Labour Members were clear about declaring that they were members of trade…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI am sorry that I am such a disappointment to the hon. Lady, but maybe she will get over it. The Bill is a roll-back of the most important changes that we made when we were in…12 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillIt is always a pleasure to follow the King. [ Laughter. ] I rise on behalf of my constituents in Farnham, Bordon, Haslemere and Liphook who are opposed to this fundamentally…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI visited the Nelson Arms in Farnham recently and met the publican, who employs a lot of people on zero-hours contracts, one of whom, in addition to working in the pub, works as a…11 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy hon. Friend makes a good point. I am happy for the Minister to come to Farnham and Bordon—or Haslemere, Liphook or any other of my villages—to meet all the people who tell me…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI want to be clear about what the hon. Member said a moment ago. Is she saying that climbing on and desecrating our war memorials is acceptable behaviour, and that she would be…10 Mar 2025HANSARD North Sea EnergyThe Minister has previously said that energy security is national security. Why, then, is she cutting energy jobs in the North sea, yet imposing and buying from energy technology…06 Mar 2025HANSARDMinisterial AppointmentsSince July, three Ministers have had to resign for everything from fraud through to unwise entanglements in foreign affairs. What steps will the Minister take to strengthen the…06 Mar 2025HANSARDMinisterial Appointments15. Whether the Cabinet Secretary has issued guidance on ministerial appointments.06 Mar 2025