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HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI agree with the hon. Gentleman, and it is a good point. Even though the ILO has set out, in black and white, the services in which it says the right to strike might lawfully be…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillAn experienced employment lawyer like the hon. Member for Middlesbrough will know the true mechanics very well. A union and probably the TUC and Professor Keith Ewing, because he…30 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. I am pleased that the Government are reinstating protection against third-party harassment in the workplace, but employers are frequently confused when confronted with…25 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsEvery single country in the G7 requires some level of minimum service to be provided when strikes take place in essential public services, often with laws that go much further…18 Jan 2023HANSARDArts Council England: FundingI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill) on securing this debate. I recognise all the things that he referred to in his opening…18 Jan 2023HANSARDScotland Act 1998: Section 35 PowerA Conservative Government are standing up for women’s sex-based rights in Scotland. I congratulate the Government on this decision, which we know will protect women’s sex-based…17 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice Conduct and David CarrickThe first allegation of serious sexual assault was made against David Carrick in 2003. Over the course of the next 18 years, there were eight or nine allegations of rape. Through…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillWith respect to the hon. Gentleman, I take the opposite position. The United States has an outright ban on public service strikes in 38 states. In December, President Biden made…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his point. I am coming to all these things, so if he will give me a moment, I will continue. In the United States, 38 out of 50 states have an…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI would like to accept the invitation of the shadow Deputy Prime Minister, the right hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne (Angela Rayner), who encouraged us to be respectful in this…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI thank the hon. and learned Lady for her point, and I will assist her, because I was coming on to that point. The article 11 right may be restricted for two reasons—if the…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI am grateful to both SNP Members for their interventions. I am coming on to those points, so I will make a tiny bit of progress, if I may. On the point raised by the hon. and…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Industrial ActionMy right hon. Friend was right to mention other European countries, but he could have added to that list South Africa, Argentina, Australia and Canada, all of which are members of…10 Jan 2023HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationIt is absolutely right that there is alignment with our main European counterparts in how we deal with asylum claims from safe countries, so I congratulate my right hon. Friend on…13 Dec 2022HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillIt is almost two years since Maya and Gemma Tutton from Our Streets Now first approached me in Parliament. I pay tribute to them for their campaigning. As the hon. Member for…09 Dec 2022HANSARD Child Support (Enforcement) BillI will speak very briefly on the Bill. The non-payment of child maintenance is an issue that disproportionately affects women, who make up more than 90% of single parents, but…09 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillIt is a privilege to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Watford (Dean Russell) and so many hon. Members who have made thoughtful contributions. I will confine my comments to the…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMany people will find it quite extraordinary that we even need to have this debate, extraordinary to think that there is a market for bringing home the body parts of animals, and…25 Nov 2022HANSARDSolihull MurdersThe facts of this case beggar belief. Ten separate complaints were made to the police about incidents of domestic violence, and four calls were made on the night. I have read the…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyStability, growth and public services: those were the three objectives that the Chancellor set himself in preparing his statement. Overall, in the face of enormous global…22 Nov 2022