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HANSARD Employment Rights BillI am glad to be back. The shadow Secretary of State just talked about legal fees for firms when it comes to defending tribunal cases. If the right to be accompanied is expanded to…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillWill the shadow Secretary of State give way?15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, which includes an election donation from the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers and my…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI certainly do. In my conversations with employers, I did not come across any who were prepared to defend the status quo of a two-year qualifying period for unfair dismissal,…15 Sept 2025HANSARDDraft Limited Liability Partnerships (Application and Modification of Company Law) Regulations 2025
Draft Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025
Draft Register of People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Limited Liability Partnerships (Application and Modification of Company Law) Regulations 2025.02 Sept 2025HANSARDDraft Limited Liability Partnerships (Application and Modification of Company Law) Regulations 2025
Draft Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025
Draft Register of People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Twigg. This set of regulations is part of the Government’s secondary legislation programme implementing the Economic Crime and…02 Sept 2025HANSARDDraft Limited Liability Partnerships (Application and Modification of Company Law) Regulations 2025
Draft Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025
Draft Register of People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025I welcome the shadow Minister back after the summer recess. It is a little disturbing—discombobulating, possibly—to hear the Opposition arguing against legislation that they…02 Sept 2025HANSARDDraft Limited Liability Partnerships (Application and Modification of Company Law) Regulations 2025
Draft Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025
Draft Register of People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I think that is now three references to “discombobulating”. That is quite a record for this early in September. Members have been…02 Sept 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology ActThe Product Regulation and Metrology Act (the Act) received Royal Assent on 21 July 2025. The Act will preserve the UK’s status as a global leader in product regulation,…22 Jul 2025HANSARDUK Internal MarketIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Dr Huq. I am grateful to the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs (Andrew Griffith), for giving me ample time to…22 Jul 2025HANSARDUK Internal MarketHe is staying in place. I congratulate the right hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson) on securing this debate. He referred to not having a great deal of luck in applying for…22 Jul 2025HANSARDUK Internal MarketIf the hon. and learned Gentleman does not mind, I have an awful lot of responses to get into, so I will not eat into that time with interventions. The Department has been very…22 Jul 2025HANSARDInsolvency Service Annual Plan 2025-26The Insolvency Service is the Government agency that delivers public services to those affected by financial distress or failure by providing frameworks to deal with insolvency…21 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member is right to pay tribute to the tremendous work that posties do up and down the country, rain or shine, to deliver the mail. There have, of course, been issues with…17 Jul 2025HANSARDParental LeaveThrough our landmark Employment Rights Bill, we are making paternity leave and unpaid parental leave day one rights. This aligns then with maternity and adoption leave. But we are…17 Jul 2025HANSARDParental LeaveI thank my hon. Friend for his efforts in this area, and indeed for highlighting the excellent work that some businesses are already doing, going further than the statutory…17 Jul 2025HANSARDParental LeaveWe are not turning our back on parents or children. We are actually having the biggest expansion in workers’ rights and family-friendly policies that we have seen in a generation.…17 Jul 2025HANSARDAssimilated Law ReportToday the Secretary of State has laid a report before Parliament pursuant to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 and published it on gov.uk. This report updates…17 Jul 2025HANSARDUnpaid Internships: Call for EvidenceThe Government plan to make work pay is a core part of our mission to grow the economy, raise living standards across the country, and create opportunities for all. This will help…17 Jul 2025HANSARD Commemoration of Matchgirls’ StrikeI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Stratford and Bow (Uma Kumaran) on securing her first Adjournment debate. She has chosen a topic extremely well and, as she…16 Jul 2025