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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Third sitting)Q Good morning. One of the issues the Bill is trying to tackle is the level of insecurity at work. Could you explain a little bit about how the current framework impacts your…28 Nov 2024HANSARDDraft Information Sharing (Disclosure by the Registrar) Regulations 2024I thank the shadow Secretary of State for his welcome. I also welcome him; I think this is the first time we have appeared opposite each other. I will have to correct him. I am…27 Nov 2024HANSARDDraft Information Sharing (Disclosure by the Registrar) Regulations 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Information Sharing (Disclosure by the Registrar) Regulations 2024. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Dame…27 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (First sitting)Q As you are the one giving evidence, we are questioning you today. There will be plenty of time to go into detail. I want to touch on what you said about the process not being a…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (First sitting)I refer to my declaration in Register of Members’ Financial Interests as a trade union member.26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (First sitting)Q I have some questions for Mr Hale. Previously, the Federation of Small Businesses supported the removal of the lower earnings limit for statutory sick pay, which is in the Bill.…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (First sitting)Q Good morning, everyone. You have mentioned quite a few surveys, but there are other surveys available that show high levels of support among managers and senior decision makers…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (First sitting)Mr Stringer, I do not think that I actually mentioned my trade union memberships. For the record, the individual unions are Unite and GMB.26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Does anyone else want to come back on that one? Maggi Ferncombe: Can I just make a point? It is almost like unions are the enemy, when you hear certain businesses talk. Unions…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q It seems clear that the RPC did not talk to any of you before producing its report. Can I ask you about something that came out in the evidence this morning? Some concern was…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for that answer. You have certainly been able to quantify a lot of the evidence we have heard today about the benefits of the Bill. Does anyone want to add anything on…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Good afternoon, everyone. I want to start with a question to you, Paul. You have referenced this £13 billion benefit, which I think is from some recently published research by…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q You have both talked a little about the statutory probation periods, and I think you are more or less in the same place as us on how long they should be, albeit there is a bit…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Good afternoon. I think you have generally been positive about the Bill, albeit with some caveats. How do you see the implementation of the Bill being of benefit to the…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q That is helpful; thank you. I appreciate that we have not got much time, so I will ask just one more question, if that is all right, of Mr Carberry. Obviously your organisation…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Mr Simpson, can I take you back to your traffic light? We will go to amber, because you mentioned the notice of shift as an issue in the amber section. I am aware from the…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you. I have a specific question for Cathryn, and the other two witnesses could also respond to it. First, though, I should say that the right to disconnect is not in the…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Does anyone else want to respond? Martyn Gray: We have spoken about unintended consequences, but an intended consequence of this Bill is addressing an imbalance between the rights…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q I have just one question, mainly for Jemima, but you are welcome to chip in, Joeli. The Regulatory Policy Committee has suggested that there is no evidence base for third-party…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q I think you said you had the largest collective agreement in the country—congratulations on that. Could you tell us a bit more about what your members see as the advantages of…26 Nov 2024