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HANSARDRegulatory EnvironmentThe regulatory environment does not work as well as it should. Unnecessary red tape is choking competitiveness, creating unnecessary burdens for business and putting up barriers…13 Mar 2025HANSARDProduct Safety RegulationsThe Government are committed to supporting microbusinesses to comply with the general product safety regulation. For Northern Ireland, we have published additional guidance for…13 Mar 2025HANSARDRegulatory EnvironmentAs my hon. Friend is right to recognise, this issue has been around for some time, and the Government have announced their intention to publish a draft audit reform and corporate…13 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. There is a strong correlation between the proportion of women on an investment committee and the proportion of female founders receiving…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 2025HANSARDProduct Safety RegulationsMicrobusinesses such as that of Mr Stevens are central to the Government’s growth mission. We are committed to strengthening our relationship with the EU and to tackle trade…13 Mar 2025HANSARDRegulatory EnvironmentThat is an important question. The Minister with responsibility for emissions trading, my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon West (Sarah Jones), is in charge of that matter, and…13 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and declare my membership and financial interests in trade unions, as I have done throughout the passage of the…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI am asking the shadow Minister to give way, but the right hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Wendy Morton) could have intervened on me during my speech. One of the reasons why…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI am grateful for the Chair of the Select Committee’s intervention. We accept that there are gaps between the modern slavery network enforcement processes and current employment…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillOn that point, will the shadow Minister give way?12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillWe have had another excellent debate. We might have to deal with a few misconceptions, but I am conscious that we need to move on to Third Reading, so I apologise if I do not…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThe reason why we are putting so many amendments down is because we have been consulting and working with businesses, and that is why we have so much to say today. It was a Labour…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI refer the right hon. Member to our departmental press release, where at least half a dozen business representatives and businesses have expressed support, and of course, there…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI have begun to consider it, as that legislation is now a quarter of a century old and needs looking at in the light of experiences in a number of the scandals that have been…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThat was debated in detail in Committee. My understanding is that there will be a floor, but there will not be a ceiling. If I am wrong about that, I will come back to that. We…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI am grateful to the right hon. Member for raising this important point. It was touched on in Committee, but there are not any amendments dealing with that specific issue today.…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillYes, but the hon. Member forgets the fact that we are removing the waiting days. With the provisions on the lower earnings limit going, 1.3 million people will be accessing…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI thank the Chairman of the Select Committee for his question. We are aiming to work on this once the Bill has passed this stage, and consultation will take place in due course. I…11 Mar 2025