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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, Ms Vaz. Good afternoon, everyone. Obviously we were all horrified at the way people were treated by P&O, and I think we share your critique that the previous…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 (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 Good morning, everyone. To pick up on the points you just raised, I reassure you that there will be continued dialogue before implementation. I have a more general question…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 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 (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 2024HANSARDDraft Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (Amendment of Schedule A2) Order 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (Amendment of Schedule A2) Order 2024. It is a pleasure to see…20 Nov 2024HANSARDDraft Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (Amendment of Schedule A2) Order 2024I welcome the Opposition spokesperson, the hon. Member for Mid Buckinghamshire, to his place. I fear we will be seeing a lot more of each other. No doubt we can pick up some of…20 Nov 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act: Subscriptions Implementation ConsultationThe Department for Business and Trade has today published a consultation called “Consultation on the implementation of the new subscriptions contracts regime”. The consultation…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Pubs Code: Guest BeersI absolutely do thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. He has obviously heard that I am quite easily tempted into Strangers. It is a very important part of the facilities…12 Nov 2024HANSARD Pubs Code: Guest BeersI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. That is a really important point. It is an essential part of our culture and a real selling point for us around the world. When people…12 Nov 2024HANSARDDraft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Betts. The…12 Nov 2024HANSARDDraft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024First of all, I welcome the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, to her place, and I hope that we can work constructively across the Chamber. I welcome the…12 Nov 2024HANSARD Pubs Code: Guest BeersI will go on to some of the very positive things that were announced in the Budget to help breweries and small businesses in particular. There are about 154,000 businesses in the…12 Nov 2024HANSARD Pubs Code: Guest BeersMay I start by extending my own congratulations? I also congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Carlisle (Ms Minns) on securing this debate and on a very engaging and…12 Nov 2024HANSARDMake Work Pay ProgrammeI find it incredible that the Opposition quote French-style labour laws, because when they introduced the minimum services legislation, they always held up France as the example…31 Oct 2024HANSARDSectoral Collective BargainingThe Government are committed to strengthening the collective voices of workers and restoring the principle that work should always pay. That is why we introduced the Employment…31 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that we need to get more people back into work, and need to support them to return. In the Employment Rights Bill, we are looking to increase…31 Oct 2024HANSARDSectoral Collective BargainingIf the shadow Minister is complaining about the state of the adult social care sector, he should look to his own party and how the sector was left to rot for 14 years. The impact…31 Oct 2024