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HANSARDDraft Protection and Disclosure of Personal Information (Amendment) Regulations 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Protection and Disclosure of Personal Information (Amendment) Regulations 2025. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair…24 Jun 2025HANSARDDraft Protection and Disclosure of Personal Information (Amendment) Regulations 2025I am grateful for the shadow Minister’s support. As she rightly pointed out, we can all understand why this sort of issue is important—I am sure we all have constituents who have…24 Jun 2025HANSARDCompanies House: Public Measures 2025-26I have set Companies House the following measures for the year 2025 to 2026: 82% of customers are satisfied with Companies House. All incoming calls into our contact centre wait…16 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe had a Westminster Hall debate last week in which a number of these issues were raised. The hon. Gentleman will know that we are undertaking our fourth review of the GCA. I…12 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment CostsI can certainly name a number. I also refer the hon. Member to Hansard on Tuesday 11 March, column 953, where I named a small business. A number of other businesses have been in…12 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment CostsThe Employment Rights Bill is the next phase of delivering our plan to make work pay. The Bill is both pro-worker and pro-business, and will see significant benefits for…12 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment CostsI am very sorry to hear the news from the hon. Lady’s constituency. It is the case that 667,000 more people are in work compared with this time last year, and 300,000 fewer people…12 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment CostsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: there are so many echoes of the minimum wage debate, it is uncanny. As time has shown, the minimum wage has raised living standards in this…12 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for her question; she is absolutely right to raise it. UK product safety law is clear: all products must be safe before they are placed on the market. As…12 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment CostsAgain, it is interesting that those on the Conservative Front Bench do not seem to be in agreement with their own leader any more about the national insurance hikes. I will just…12 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sorry that I was not able to meet the Dad Shift campaigners yesterday, although I have met them previously. I can assure them and the House that the Government are committed…12 Jun 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention—he has certainly got the measure of this Bill. [Hon. Members: “Oh.”] I will not give up the day job—and we will not have a Division on…04 Jun 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend makes an important point. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government will be primarily responsible for enforcement at the local level, but the Bill…04 Jun 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]Indeed, the Bill does secure the great British pint; thanks to an amendment in the other place, it will hopefully be enshrined in law. I look forward to joining my hon. Friend in…04 Jun 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I give my hon. Friend 10 out of 10 for ingenuity. I have heard so many references to horses during the passage of the Bill that at times I felt I was at the Aintree racecourse. We…04 Jun 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. This Bill will help to preserve the United Kingdom’s position as a global leader in product regulation, supporting…04 Jun 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend is right; indeed, this goes well beyond the measures in place when we were in the EU when it comes to parliamentary involvement. I will briefly refer to…04 Jun 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I suspect that my hon. Friend would be far better at doing that himself. His speech on Second Reading was a fantastic example of how we explain legislation matters and practice.…04 Jun 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I absolutely agree, and that is one reason why the Bill has been introduced. We absolutely need to keep up to date with developments in the online marketplace world, which is why…04 Jun 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]I am sure that Ministers across Government will have heard the important points that my hon. Friend has made today. Amendment 7 on consumer protection could have unintended…04 Jun 2025