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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Twentieth sitting)I thank the shadow Minister for moving the new clause, and for tabling new clause 25 and amendments 128 and 129. In new clause 24 and amendment 128 he seeks, first, to insert into…14 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I beg to move amendment 104, in schedule 6, page 140, line 26, leave out “and (4)” and insert “, (4), (8) and (9)”. This amendment, and amendments 105 and 106, make further minor…14 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Registrar (Identity Verification and Authorised Corporate Service Providers) Regulations 2024
Draft Unique Identifiers (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2024I am pleased to hear that the shadow Minister has already started using the acronym ACSP, which is very encouraging—I am sure it will enter the vernacular shortly. In terms of the…13 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Registrar (Identity Verification and Authorised Corporate Service Providers) Regulations 2024
Draft Unique Identifiers (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2024It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Stringer. The registrar regulations were laid before the House in draft on 22 May 2024, and the unique identifiers regulations were…13 Jan 2025HANSARDLive Events Ticketing: Resale and Pricing PracticesThe UK has a world-leading music and live events sector, which plays an important role in our national life and supports economic growth across the country. However, the…13 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Registrar (Identity Verification and Authorised Corporate Service Providers) Regulations 2024
Draft Unique Identifiers (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Registrar (Identity Verification and Authorised Corporate Service Providers) Regulations 2024.13 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighteenth sitting)Clause 76 will require the Secretary of State to prepare and publish a labour market enforcement strategy every three years, which should give an assessment of levels of…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)Clause 72 is important, as it sets out the principles of a major part of the Bill. The UK’s labour market enforcement system is fragmented. The enforcement of core rights such as…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 169, in schedule 4, page 127, line 29, leave out paragraph 3 and insert— “3 Section 151(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)Does the shadow Minister not accept that his party undertook this exercise, which is why regulations were introduced last year to amend the working time regulations?09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I know you have been eagerly awaiting this clause, Mr Mundell. It concerns an important part of the fair work agency, and something that the Liberal Democrat spokesperson touched…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 84, in clause 72, page 79, line 15, at end insert— “(4A) Accordingly, in the case of the exercise by an enforcement officer of an enforcement function of…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)We will probably have this conversation a number of times. It is probably a little harsh to say that this was an error, but it would be fair to say that, given the complexity of…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 85, in schedule 4, page 128, line 13, at end insert— “( ) regulations 13 to 15E (entitlement to annual leave, etc);” This amendment would enable the…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)What we are doing is transferring existing powers and responsibilities from the existing agency. There are no new police-style powers being created for these officers; it is…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)The UK’s labour market enforcement system is fragmented, as we know. The enforcement of core rights such as the minimum wage, the domestic agency regulations and the gangmaster…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I am beginning to wonder whether the Opposition’s support for the fair work agency is as strong as I thought. They now appear to want to make sure that creating it is the right…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)Egg-cellent!09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighteenth sitting)That is a perfectly reasonable question. It is dealt with in the clauses, which we are about to debate and which address the requirement for the board to set out an annual report…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)Okay. I have nothing further to say, except that the shadow Minister’s new clause 23 is a duplication of existing requirements that would add nothing to the process.09 Jan 2025