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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighteenth sitting)The first thing to say is that the new clause came at the request of the security services, so it is not a whim on the Department’s part, and it applies specifically to the…09 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 (Eighteenth sitting)I think there is broad support for these clauses. The shadow Minister requests that I commit to an oral statement, but he will be aware that I am not in control of the business of…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)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 (Eighteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Christopher. As always, I will start by referring to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Following the…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighteenth sitting)Ah!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 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)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 (Eighteenth sitting)I understand the hon. Gentleman’s point, but this is about how we intend to deal with industrial relations and the workplace in future—the tripartite arrangement, where we get…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)Indeed it is, and the usual parliamentary scrutiny will apply, but I was talking specifically about the role of the fair work agency. There will be that role, and no doubt as more…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)Yes, the impact assessment sets out the one-off set-up costs. I am sure the shadow Minister can spend the lunch break looking at the detail. In terms of the current enforcement…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)As a regional MP—a north-west Member—I am always looking to see where we can get more Government agencies out into the rest of the country. It is probably too early to say, but…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I am grateful to the shadow Minister for not rehearsing the arguments, as we may end up having them every five minutes, given the number of technical amendments we will deal with…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 (Eighteenth sitting)The shadow Minister was quite right to refer back to our earlier debate on flexible working. Today, he certainly is the man with the golden pun, but this set of rules is slightly…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighteenth sitting)The shadow Minister makes a reasonable point. Of course, this will all be subject to data protection legislation and the safeguards contained therein. It is also the case that, if…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventeenth sitting)It is pleasing to hear generally broad support for this measure. As my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Northfield pointed out, and as the hon. Member for West Suffolk will…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 87, in clause 79, page 83, line 11, leave out “business”. The effect of this amendment and amendment 89 is that the power in clause 79 may be exercised to…09 Jan 2025