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HANSARD Employment Rights BillMy hon. Friend will remember that in 2017, when the Conservatives announced the employment Bill that was never produced, they said that it would represent the biggest upgrade of…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillI am grateful to be called twice on Report, and as is customary, I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and my membership of…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillThe hon. Gentleman has just said that there may be areas where we could go further on flexible working. Can he explain why the previous Government’s flexible working taskforce met…11 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI agree. My hon. Friend makes a very important point. When we look back at the national agreement in the early 2000s which led to the expansion of school support staff roles, the…11 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillIt is a particular pleasure to follow a former colleague of mine, my hon. Friend the Member for Luton North (Sarah Owen). What she has said will have a special resonance with the…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights Billrose —11 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillWill the shadow Minister give way?11 Mar 2025HANSARDCourts and Tribunals: Sitting DaysI welcome today’s announcement. Recruitment and retention challenges have limited access to justice in recent years. Will the Lord Chancellor outline what steps she is taking to…05 Mar 2025HANSARDHong Kong Democracy ActivistsBirmingham has a large and growing community of people from Hong Kong. Although most are now well settled in the wider community, some of my constituents are fearful about…04 Mar 2025HANSARD Non-league Football ClubsI thank my hon. Friend for giving us the opportunity to talk about our local non-league football clubs, such as Northfield Town FC and Alvechurch FC; I pay tribute to them for…27 Feb 2025HANSARDWar in Ukraine: Third AnniversaryI thank the members of the Backbench Business Committee and the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) for granting and leading the debate.…27 Feb 2025HANSARDFamily BusinessesMy hon. Friend is making a characteristically powerful case. Do the history books not show that Labour has always been the party of the pints? Harold Wilson expressed enthusiastic…26 Feb 2025HANSARDFamily BusinessesAs the Minister knows, the Nationwide Caterers Association, which represents small independents and family-run street food businesses, is based in Kings Norton in my constituency.…26 Feb 2025HANSARDFamily BusinessesI understand the point the hon. Gentleman is making, but is it not the case that in that specific circumstance, after a week, they would be covered by the new probationary period…26 Feb 2025HANSARDFamily BusinessesMy hon. Friend makes his point as well as it could be made, and I thank him for his intervention. Let us not forget the costs that the previous Government inflicted upon…26 Feb 2025HANSARDFamily BusinessesOne of the pleasures of the Committee is that we have 970 pages of transcript where those matters were discussed at length, and the Government are indeed bringing forward further…26 Feb 2025HANSARDFamily BusinessesI draw attention to my declarations in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. It is a pleasure to follow my constituency neighbour, the hon. Member for Bromsgrove (Bradley…26 Feb 2025HANSARDFamily BusinessesDoes my hon. Friend agree that one of the other major challenges that small food businesses face is importing and exporting ingredients? That needs to be a focus for the review of…26 Feb 2025HANSARDFamily BusinessesWill the hon. Member acknowledge that what the Bill actually says is that no one should be forced on to a zero-hours contract? It is not the case that someone who wants that…26 Feb 2025HANSARDFamily BusinessesMy hon. Friend makes a sensible point, and the issues that he raises are reflected in my constituency. That is one of the major barriers to getting jobs and spending into our high…26 Feb 2025