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HANSARDTopical 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 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 QuestionsI gently point out to the hon. Lady that that represents a 0.4% increase on businesses’ total costs—a small price to pay for what the impact assessment says “will strengthen…31 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be delighted to meet my hon. Friend. Under the “Get Britain Working” plan, more disabled people and people with health conditions will be supported to enter and stay in…31 Oct 2024HANSARDE-bike Battery FiresMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Manufacturers must already ensure that products are safe and provide instructions for safe use, including safe charging. I pay tribute to the…31 Oct 2024HANSARDE-bike Battery FiresThe Office for Product Safety and Standards within my Department has been working across Government and industry to protect consumers and understand the causes of any safety…31 Oct 2024HANSARDSectoral Collective BargainingI have to educate the hon. Member on what trade unions do. ASLEF is not a union in the adult social care sector, which is what we are talking about here. We want to work on a…31 Oct 2024HANSARD Paternity Leave and PayIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair this afternoon, Mr Pritchard. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Telford (Shaun Davies) on securing today’s debate, which has…23 Oct 2024HANSARD Paternity Leave and PayI am sorry but I do not have time to take interventions. We recognise that parental leave and pay entitlement, such as paternity leave and pay, play a key role in that balance. It…23 Oct 2024HANSARD Whistleblowing Protectionsindicated assent.22 Oct 2024HANSARD Whistleblowing ProtectionsIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair this afternoon, Sir Mark. I start by offering my triple congratulations to my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth…22 Oct 2024HANSARD Whistleblowing ProtectionsMy hon. Friend makes a very fair point. I suspect that a week ahead of the Budget we will not get the kind of investment he would like to see. He talked about the legislation,…22 Oct 2024HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023: RepealMinimum service levels unduly restrict the right to strike and undermine good industrial relations. The introduction of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 was met with…09 Sept 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act received Royal Assent on 24 May 2024. The Act will make significant changes to the UK’s competition and consumer landscape that…09 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe introduction of the minimum wage was one of the proudest achievements of the last Labour Government, but for too long the UK’s labour market enforcement system has been…05 Sept 2024HANSARDEmployment RightsMy hon. Friend is right: the explosion of zero-hours contracts in this country has been shameful. Over 1 million people are now on zero-hours contracts, and one in five of those…05 Sept 2024HANSARDEmployment RightsWe have already taken a number of steps to improve employment rights in this country. We have written to the Low Pay Commission to ask it to end the discriminatory age bands, so…05 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI draw the House’s attention to my proud membership of the GMB trade union. We believe that businesses work best when they give workers a voice through a recognised trade union. I…05 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat certainly took the nation’s interest in more than one way. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has already announced a review into it, and we will look at secondary…05 Sept 2024