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HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Evans. It is well known that the first and foremost job of any Government is to keep the public safe. Every one of us in this…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillClearly, there is a wider context for children. It is about services and safety—those are both contexts in this—as well as livelihoods. All those things are affected when people…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillIf I may, I will respond to the question from the hon. Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Alan Brown). All those things are affected when there is a universal strike. The Bill is…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI am happy to give way to the hon. Member for Coventry South.30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillThe hon. Member makes an important point. We are happy with the agreement we have with the Royal College of Nursing, and that is why we are not consulting on minimum service…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) Billindicated dissent .30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI give way one last time.30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI thank hon. Members on both sides of the Committee for their contributions. Consistent with the contributions that have been made, this Government firmly believe that the ability…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI will give way one last time; then I want to make some progress.30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI am very happy to write to the hon. Gentleman to confirm that point, but we absolutely believe that this legislation is lawful and compatible with human rights legislation and…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI do not accept the hon. Gentleman’s point. On nurses, we already have voluntary agreements, yet still they go on strike. The two things are consistent and are not mutually…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillNonsense.30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillNo, I will move on. As we have made clear, we hope not to use the powers in the Bill if adequate voluntary agreements are in place where they are necessary. However, we cannot…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI will make a little progress and then bring the hon. Member in, although I might cover his point in my next comments. To respond to some of the points made in the debate,…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI think it is quite clear. I was interested in the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Newbury (Laura Farris) when she talked about the International Labour Organisation and…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillIn answer to the point from the hon. Member for Coventry South (Zarah Sultana), negotiations need to continue, and they need to be fair to workers, but also to the taxpayer, which…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI will give way to the hon. Gentleman.30 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillNew clause 27 is interesting. It is about setting up a fund for compensation of victims of economic crime. We have heard estimates that economic crime costs UK citizens £200…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillWill the hon. Member confirm that he is expecting the taxpayer to contribute to the fund? Is that what the new clause would effectively lead to?25 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThat is exactly how it will work.24 Jan 2023