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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillYes, I think that Bill also gives employers the power to sack striking nurses, teachers and doctors. Those are not the actions of a Government who want to protect employment…18 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am sure that those were the glory years—the right hon. Member’s favourite period of time. This is about protecting the rights that we have, and this Bill allows those rights to…18 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am grateful for that intervention. That is exactly the problem here. If Ministers decide to remove laws, there will be no opportunity for us to challenge it, which is why we are…18 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy hon. Friend articulates well why her constituents and indeed many people across all sectors of society are concerned about the impact of the Bill. It is not about Parliament…18 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI think we would be reassured if that was what the Bill did, but the Bill does not give Ministers the power to improve the situation: specifically, as we have heard, it prevents…18 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI direct the hon. Gentleman to the Whips Office around the corner. He can have a word with them and see what is going on. I do not accept the characterisation of how these laws…18 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThat is a very good point. If the Government cannot even tell us how many rules are covered by this Bill, how can we be confident that things will not be missed? The 2023 date is…18 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy hon. Friend is right that we must answer to our constituents about what is going to happen with these rules. That is why we have tabled our amendments.18 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend. The deadline was pretty risky to start with, but it now looks completely foolish. That is why we will be moving an amendment later to make…18 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillWell, a Government who have been promising an employment Bill for five years and allowed the scandal of 800 P&O workers being dismissed without any notice are not a Government who…18 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am grateful for the opportunity to rise to speak in support of the amendments that appear in my name and those of my right hon. and hon. Friends. Our amendments, even if they…18 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI will give way to the architect of the Bill.18 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillIf you do not mind, Mr Deputy Speaker, I am not going to take any more interventions for a while, because I appreciate a lot of people wish to speak. Just for a minute, I ask hon.…18 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillIf people are going to intervene, they should read the Bill and the amendments, because they would see our suggestion for a deadline. Of course, as everyone else in this Chamber…18 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThe hon. Member is right. I shall come back to that in a little while.18 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am afraid the right hon. Gentleman does not understand what the Bill does. It hands the power to Ministers, not to Parliament—that is why we are so concerned about it. Taking…18 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThat probably takes us slightly away from the thrust of the Bill. But what is this Government’s record on employment rights? They doubled the time to be able to qualify to claim…18 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsTomorrow, the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill comes back before us. It will see vital employment rights such as holiday pay, TUPE and maternity protections scrapped…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseWhen we had that extremely cold weather just before Christmas, I was inundated with messages from constituents. They were contacting me because they could not speak to a human…12 Jan 2023HANSARD House of Lords ReformThat is 92 too many, in my opinion. I do not believe that having a place in our legislature by reason of birth has any place in our modern democracy. As has been picked up on…10 Jan 2023