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HANSARD Employment Relations (Flexible Working) BillThis is a multidimensional issue, but my hon. Friend has put his finger on a real problem that we have to address and to be honest about. Productivity is the blight of the British…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Employment Relations (Flexible Working) BillThat is the exact reason why I can support it. The administrative burden that it would place on employers would not concern them. Essentially, the law is changing very little from…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Employment Relations (Flexible Working) BillWill the hon. Lady clarify that point? Is it the case that if, for good reason, a small or medium-sized employer cannot afford to accommodate flexible working, because of the…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees BillIt is a genuine honour to be here to support a Bill from my hon. Friend the Member for Aberconwy (Robin Millar), who is genuinely one of the most thoughtful and great men of this…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Employment Relations (Flexible Working) BillI think I am going to have to say “I agree” a lot in respect of these interventions.24 Feb 2023HANSARD Employment Relations (Flexible Working) BillI agree. As has been said in relation to the importance of flexible working for family and all sorts of other reasons, it is important that a statement is made in law. Flexible…24 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Conduct and David CarrickI think Sir Mark Rowley’s statement yesterday was pathetic. It was a statement of the blindingly obvious, and anybody can say sorry for what has gone on. This is an absolute…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 PowerI rise in support of the Government, my hon. Friend the Member for Don Valley (Nick Fletcher) and, specifically, my hon. Friend the Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge (Miriam…17 Jan 2023HANSARDScotland Act 1998: Section 35 PowerI warmly welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement today. Does he agree that it seems quite extraordinary that the criticism of his decision today seems to be that SNP Members…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Sport in Schools and CommunitiesMadam Deputy Speaker, if by chance you had been at the Cricket Asylum at Sowerby Bridge at 2 pm on Sunday, you would have witnessed an epic quarter-final between the Northern Star…10 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsDespite IPP sentences having been abolished more than 10 years ago, 2,926 IPP prisoners were still in custody as of June 2022, of whom 608 were 10 years over their original…10 Jan 2023HANSARDRoad Traffic Collisions Involving CatsIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Harris—I genuinely mean that. It is a pleasure to follow a speech that I did not disagree with a word of. I congratulate…09 Jan 2023HANSARDRoad Traffic Collisions Involving CatsI am probably going to agree with everything that everybody says in this debate. My hon. Friend makes a very articulate point. If it is the Government’s position that the change…09 Jan 2023HANSARDRoad Traffic Collisions Involving CatsWhy use best practice guidance rather than the legal requirement?09 Jan 2023HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI warmly welcome today’s announcements. They are exactly what is needed—I cannot think of anything more articulate to say than that—but will my right hon. Friend reiterate the…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseWill my right hon. Friend make time for a debate on the Justice Committee’s recent report, “IPP sentences”? Some 3,000 people are potentially trapped in prison indefinitely, even…08 Dec 2022HANSARD Called-in Planning Decision: West CumbriaDoes my right hon. Friend agree that the evidence before the inquiry pointed to the fact that blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace production is likely to continue in the UK and…08 Dec 2022HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: Prosecution RatesI acknowledge the progress that the Government are making on this issue, but at the heart of the matter is the lack of referrals from the police to the CPS, especially in rape…07 Dec 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) BillAs ever, my right hon. Friend makes a powerful point. However, I would argue that legislation is the correct vehicle for doing this. Establishing a legal duty reflects what I hope…05 Dec 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) BillI always agree with every word said by my hon. Friend the Member for North Devon (Selaine Saxby), and I endorse every single word of her powerful speech today. Everyone who has…05 Dec 2022