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HANSARDNon-disclosure AgreementsBy you. [ Laughter. ]02 Apr 2025HANSARDNon-disclosure AgreementsIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair this morning, Mr Betts. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Heeley (Louise Haigh) on securing this debate. As the…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I thank right hon. and hon. Members from across the House for what has been an interesting and, at times, informed debate on the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill. As my right…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]Metrologist. He may well be on the Bill Committee, because he has definitely talked his way on to it with his insight into this issue. My hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]The Liberal Democrat spokesperson tempts me to set out a statement of policy, which the Bill is not intended to do. We want to give ourselves maximum flexibility in our ability to…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Double British Summer TimeI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard (Alex Mayer) for securing this debate. I am grateful for her insights and remarks on this important topic,…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Terms and Conditions of EmploymentWith the leave of the House, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will begin by addressing the many contributions that were made to what I think was, overall, a very positive debate. I welcome…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Terms and Conditions of EmploymentI beg to move, That the draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 4 February, be approved. The purpose of the regulations is…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Terms and Conditions of EmploymentMy hon. Friend makes a very important point that those rights are only as good as the ability of the Government to enforce them. As we know, His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs has…25 Mar 2025HANSARD St Patrick’s Day: UK Bank HolidayI congratulate the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on securing this Adjournment debate. I know that he is not familiar with the operation of Adjournment debates, so I am…18 Mar 2025HANSARD St Patrick’s Day: UK Bank HolidayIf the hon. Member wants to intervene, he knows how to.18 Mar 2025HANSARD St Patrick’s Day: UK Bank HolidayI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. I am sure that if I did some polling, there would be support, but I will come on to some of the reasons why we may not be able to…18 Mar 2025HANSARD St Patrick’s Day: UK Bank HolidayI join my hon. Friend in congratulating the Duffys on operating those pubs. I wonder whether he will be visiting them shortly to remind them of the good publicity he has given to…18 Mar 2025HANSARD St Patrick’s Day: UK Bank HolidayMy hon. Friend tempts me to talk about another bank holiday, but I am afraid that there would be the same arguments about the economic cost, although I think we should celebrate…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTrade Union RecognitionThe hon. Member could not have put it better. He has explained the benefits of trade union membership, which is something that Members on the Conservative Benches clearly do not…13 Mar 2025HANSARDTrade Union RecognitionMy hon. Friend will understand that I cannot comment on individual cases, but I am deeply troubled by what he has said. I can be clear that the Government are determined to reset…13 Mar 2025HANSARDProduct Safety RegulationsI thank the hon. Member for his tangential question relating to GPSR. He makes an important point about energy costs, and we are working closely with the EU on how to build on…13 Mar 2025HANSARDTrade Union RecognitionThe Government are committed to simplifying the process and law around trade union recognition so that working people have a more meaningful right to organise through trade…13 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment RegulationI am always grateful for advice. If the hon. Lady is conducting surveys, she might look at the one that said that 76 of her constituents supported the plans in the Bill to bring…13 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for her question. The Groceries Code Adjudicator’s annual survey shows high levels of compliance by the supermarkets. However, a statutory review will…13 Mar 2025