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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillYesterday, I was with the Hospitality Sector Council. I heard about all the brilliant work it does to provide employment opportunities for young people across the country. Indeed,…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy hon. Friend raises an excellent point about research. Providing employees with security at work results in a happier workforce, which increases productivity and helps…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI beg to move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their amendment 1B.05 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI am pleased to speak on the Employment Rights Bill for our second consideration of Lords amendments, and I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank my good and hon. Friend for his important contribution. Like him, I meet many people in my constituency who do not know day to day whether they will have enough money for…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank my hon. Friend for that excellent and well-made point. I am glad that he has managed to find the ctrl+F function with such speed. I always rely on him to provide such…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillWe met Matthew Taylor, the new chair of the Fair Work Agency, this week to discuss the agency’s progress to ensure that it is up and running at speed. As my hon. Friend rightly…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThe taskforce will bring together different stakeholders so that we can assess the problems within the system and work out the best way to fix them, because at the moment it is…05 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI come from a small business family in the hospitality sector, so I completely understand how important the sector is for local economies and jobs—especially pubs, which are the…30 Oct 2025HANSARDFair Pay AgreementsI welcome my hon. Friend’s support for sectoral collective bargaining and collective agreements as a key steer for improving living standards across workplaces in the country. As…30 Oct 2025HANSARDFair Pay AgreementsI thank my hon. Friend for his long-standing advocacy in this area. We want to work constructively with unions, employers and stakeholders to build on the Employment Rights Bill.…30 Oct 2025HANSARDHospitality Sector: Bicester and WoodstockI agree with the hon. Member that pubs are the lifeblood of our local communities. We recognise the challenges facing the hospitality sector, particularly our pubs. They play such…30 Oct 2025HANSARDHospitality Sector: Bicester and WoodstockAs this is my first time at the Dispatch Box, if I may I would like to thank my predecessor, my hon. Friend the Member for Ellesmere Port and Bromborough (Justin Madders). It is…30 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill: October ConsultationThe Government’s top priority is to grow the economy and improve living standards. We are clear that we cannot build a strong economy while people are in insecure work. For too…23 Oct 2025HANSARD Trade Union Workplace AccessI could not agree more. There is brilliant practice across the country and across workplaces, with good employers and unions working together in the better interests of the…22 Oct 2025HANSARD Trade Union Workplace AccessI agree with my hon. Friend, and enforcement will be really key to that. I encourage him to get involved in the consultation and to share his views on exactly that point. The…22 Oct 2025HANSARD Trade Union Workplace AccessIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough and Thornaby East (Andy McDonald) for securing today’s important…22 Oct 2025HANSARD Employment Rights: Impact on BusinessesI want to make a bit of progress and respond to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon). I thank him for his warm welcome and his contributions to the debate. Our small…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights: Impact on BusinessesI am happy to come back to the right hon. Member on the particular social care interests and concerns that he might have. Improving worker wellbeing, supporting productivity,…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights: Impact on BusinessesI absolutely agree that all workers will benefit in some way from the Bill and be able to give back to the economy, whether by spending in the local economy or by contributing to…16 Sept 2025