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HANSARDTopical QuestionsHopefully, we will make an announcement very shortly about plans in that area.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 (Eleventh sitting)I hear what the hon. Gentleman is saying, but subsection (5) does set out the requirements on an employer to consult. It would be normal for further detail about consultation to…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Vaz. I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and my membership of the GMB and Unite trade unions. The…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 (Eleventh sitting)I will try to put the shadow Minister’s mind at ease. I point out that not just is there an overall impact assessment for the Bill, but there are 24 separate impact assessments…12 Dec 2024HANSARDParental Leave Take-upThe parental rights survey 2019 found that 89% of employee mothers took maternity leave and 70% of employee fathers took paternity leave, but take-up of shared parental leave is…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Twelfth sitting)The clause will address the loophole that allowed P&O Ferries to avoid prosecution when it dismissed 786 seafarers without notice in March 2022. It will require operators of…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eleventh sitting)I am not familiar with the particular case law the hon. Gentleman refers to, but I will take that away. It is fair to say that employment tribunals currently do not have the kind…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 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eleventh sitting)I am grateful to Opposition Members for tabling their amendments and asking a series of questions. The hon. Member for Chippenham seeks to set the boundaries for the statutory…12 Dec 2024HANSARDPaid Employment Leave: Kinship CarersWe recognise the vital role that kinship carers play in caring for vulnerable children, and the challenges that many face in balancing that care with employment. We recently…12 Dec 2024HANSARDPaid Employment Leave: Kinship CarersI met a kinship carer in my constituency recently who told me about the challenges the hon. Lady has articulated. The carer said that the most important thing to her was getting…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eleventh sitting)I am grateful for the contributions in this debate, which deals with one of the central issues we have been grappling with. On this side of the Committee we certainly want to see…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Twelfth sitting)Amendment 59 will expand and restructure the provisions in clause 25, which amends the Procurement Act 2023, to reinstate and strengthen the two-tier code for relevant outsourced…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Twelfth sitting)It is good to hear that we have the support of the Liberal Democrats. Most of the country supports this measure; fire and rehire is rightly seen as a practice that should see its…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 (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 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Twelfth sitting)The shadow Minister will be pleased to hear that we have picked the error up at this stage, so that when the Bill is enacted it will of course be absolutely correct. Amendment 58…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 2024