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HANSARD Football Governance White PaperI declare an interest, as honorary vice-president of Hayes & Yeading United football club. May I turn the Minister’s attention to page 50 of the White Paper? It looks at enhanced…23 Feb 2023HANSARDSocial Security (Additional Payments) (No. 2) BillAlthough no one will oppose the Bill today, it is important to put it in the context of what many of our constituents are experiencing at the moment, because it does mean that…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]I have been working for 20 years for this legislation and I cannot tell the House how crushingly disappointed I am. I just did a Hansard search of my statements over the years.…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]I welcome the introduction of a criminal offence, but I wonder who will be prosecuted and held liable in that instance. Will it be a company director? At what level of the…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Seafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]I do not think that just popping in every two or three weeks is just popping in. I have been at this for a while and international law is always thrown against it. Will the…07 Feb 2023HANSARD Social Security and PensionsI think that makes you a Catholic, Jim!06 Feb 2023HANSARD Social Security and PensionsPart of the problem is the run-down in recent years of advice centres and other agencies that can assist people to get the paperwork right, and to ensure representation at the…06 Feb 2023HANSARD Social Security and PensionsI want to raise three issues briefly; some of this has been covered already but I want to reiterate some of it and go into more detail. The first is the benefit cap. The second is…06 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesThe Minister says that opposition is the easiest job. Well, we are hoping he is soon performing it. When he opened his response this afternoon, he said that the Secretary of State…06 Feb 2023HANSARD Social Security and PensionsI knew I’d get the blame somehow.06 Feb 2023HANSARD Social Security and PensionsI hope that Conservative Members and others who may not have had the experience of this recognise how it has affected our communities. I do not use the word lightly, but some of…06 Feb 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillSteady!30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI understand and completely follow the logic of the right hon. Gentleman’s argument. I agree with it. However, he is shirking the responsibility of this House by simply passing it…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillBriefly—I do not want to delay the House—I say to the Government that bringing forward this legislation during the current industrial relations climate demonstrates a lack of…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI think the Conservative party has been contemplating this since the Combination Acts of the 18th century. Anyway, strange alliances have been formed over the years on this issue.…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillIf we walk through this legislation and its eventual implementation, we see that it will result in either a worker being sacked or a worker being sacked and a trade union being…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillWhen we legislate in Parliament, we do not legislate for the good; we legislate for the bad. We have to interpret how this legislation could be used by a bad employer, and one way…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMany have commented on the almost ludicrous nature of how we are legislating today. We are about to legislate to penalise a union for not taking reasonable steps to ensure it…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillWill the Minister give way?30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillIt is irresponsible for a Minister to come to this House, when there is a clear conflict in the law that needs to be interpreted, without that interpretation and just to say that…30 Jan 2023