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HANSARDRoyal Mail TakeoverThe hon. Member must be busy at Christmas time if he has eight offices to visit. He makes an important point about the Royal Mail’s vital role in rural constituencies. We have got…16 Dec 2024HANSARDRoyal Mail TakeoverWe hope that the deal will lead to an improvement in service. Specific investment commitments are being made as part of the deal, which we hope will be used to drive up standards.…16 Dec 2024HANSARDRoyal Mail TakeoverMy hon. Friend will not be surprised to hear that some of my early discussions in this role have been with Ofcom, and indeed with Royal Mail about its performance. There is a…16 Dec 2024HANSARDRoyal Mail TakeoverI thank the Chair of the Select Committee for his comments. The golden share is to deal with tax residency and headquarters being domiciled in the UK. Obviously, there will be…16 Dec 2024HANSARDRoyal Mail TakeoverI thank the shadow Minister for her comments, and I start by joining her in thanking all those postal workers who throughout the year—not just at this time of year, when it is…16 Dec 2024HANSARDRoyal Mail TakeoverWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement on the ongoing takeover of Royal Mail Group’s parent company, International Distribution Services plc. Royal Mail is…16 Dec 2024HANSARDRoyal Mail TakeoverI assure the hon. Lady that the universal service obligation is not contingent on this deal—that is an entirely separate matter for Ofcom to be considering—but a number of…16 Dec 2024HANSARDRoyal Mail TakeoverI thank the right hon. Member for his question. Is he now the rebellious Back Bencher, I wonder? We all share those concerns about the universal service obligation. This deal is…16 Dec 2024HANSARDRoyal Mail TakeoverI have no doubt that the Communication Workers Union and the Unite Communication Managers Association would not have spoken positively about the deals that they had struck had…16 Dec 2024HANSARDRoyal Mail TakeoverI pay tribute to the work my hon. Friend father does, and to his work as an official of the Communication Workers Union. What the union has said about the reset in industrial…16 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eleventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 55, in schedule 2, page 112, line 36, at end insert— “3A In section 15 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (power by order to increase or…12 Dec 2024HANSARDParental Leave Take-upThe hon. Member makes a number of points, which I am sure we will consider as part of the review we are undertaking. The Employment Rights Bill has a number of important measures…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Twelfth sitting)Yes, they do get worse—it is Thursday afternoon. The shadow Minister did raise some important points, though. He gave the example of a dairy and its changing practices. Of course,…12 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Lady rightly pointed out, the regulation comes into force tomorrow. Actually, it covers things that most businesses are doing already, but we have provided guidance…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eleventh sitting)I take on board the comments that the Opposition spokespersons have made, but if we put something in the Bill now, we would be pre-empting the consultation. It is very important…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eleventh sitting)I take the shadow Minister’s point, but that presupposes that businesses bake into their business plans compensation for unfairly dismissing their staff, and I do not think any…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Twelfth sitting)I recognise that the shadow Minister welcomed the clarification I provided. No doubt there will be debate to come, as is often the case with legal issues, but the Government are…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Twelfth sitting)I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. On that note, I commend the amendments to the Committee. Amendment 59 agreed to. Amendments made: 60, in clause 25, page 37, line 33,…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Twelfth sitting)Employers are currently obliged to collectively consult when they propose to make 20 or more employees redundant at one establishment. Collective consultations are an important…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move amendment 58, in clause 23, page 34, line 27, at end insert— “(3A) In section 197 (power to vary provisions), in subsection (1)— (a) in paragraph (a), for “188(2)”…12 Dec 2024