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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourteenth sitting)We have covered a huge amount of ground in this debate, so I will restrict my remarks to a few matters that have been raised. I say to the shadow Minister that if he thought that…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I doubt I am going to do it personally; as with all these things, it is a collective endeavour. The hon. Member asked whether the Government are going to do this, but they are…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Thirteenth sitting)It is Christmas.17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Thirteenth sitting)That was quite a generous amount of time for an intervention. The hon. Member may wish to go back to the record, because the point I made was that the experiment over pay and…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I think we have it there: the Opposition do not see this as a political priority. They chose not to take steps or to put forward meaningful proposals to raise the employment…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eleventh sitting)Like my hon. Friend, I have intense sympathy with many of the arguments put forward by the hon. Member for Dundee Central, but the “Make Work Pay” document published earlier this…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Twelfth sitting)I want to continue on the shadow Minister’s theme of milk. It used to be common in factories where there were particulates in the air to include a clause in someone’s contract…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Twelfth sitting)I will not speak for long, because most of the points have been made in the debate, but I want to come back to the point made by the shadow Minister and the hon. Member for…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Vaz. I draw attention to my declarations in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and to my membership of the GMB and…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Ninth sitting)I draw attention to my declaration in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and my membership of the GMB and Unite trade unions. I noticed last week that the Prime Minister…10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Tenth sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that, in those cases where someone has ended up taking the equalities route because that is the only route available to them, it can be particularly…10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Tenth sitting)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Tenth sitting)My hon. Friend makes an important and relevant point. The people who are most adversely affected are those who have the least and who are on the lowest incomes in the economy, and…10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Tenth sitting)Throughout these proceedings, we have talked a lot about evidence bases and the likely impact of particular measures on business. The clause might be short and to the point—I do…10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Ninth sitting)We are back to talking about perverse outcomes and unintended consequences, which are important things to consider. However, is that not what we are looking at in amendment 131?…10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Ninth sitting)The hon. Gentleman says that there will be situations where it is not just difficult, but impossible for an employer to abide by the Bill. Can he give some examples of the…10 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)Does the Minister agree that if a cap of some sort were introduced, there would be a risk that, as we have seen in other cases, people who have been subject to a detriment may…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)Will the hon. Member give way?05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighth sitting)The shadow Minister’s comments to the effect that he accepted in practice the arguments on the workplace and presenteeism were welcome. If, through this Committee, we can reach…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)I draw attention to my declaration in the register of members’ interests and my membership of the Unite and GMB trade unions. We will of course see the consultation on the…05 Dec 2024