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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI would argue very strongly that the focus of our efforts is about what is good for this country, and what is good for this country is economic growth and what will stimulate that…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thought I had made my response. This is what we are trying to do: where there are specific concerns, we can address them in the secondary legislation. We have said that a…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I beg to move Motion A, and shall also speak to Motions B, E, E1, H and H1. I start by thanking your Lordships’ House for the constructive contributions, debate and…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I have already spoken to Motion E. I beg to move. Motion E1 (as an amendment to Motion E)28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 1, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 1A.28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillWell, I wish I had heard the noble Baroness say that when she was a Minister and many other Bills were being pushed through in recent years and we did not have statutory…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, Clause 59 restores the long-standing practice that existed for 70 years—even during the Conservative Governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major—before the passage…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. I certainly acknowledge what my noble brother—the noble Lord, Lord Hunt—has said, particularly on the right to…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillIf you have a spent conviction, you do not have to disclose it, so I do not understand the point that the noble Lord is making. I challenge noble Lords on their experience. The…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillTwo questions were posed to me: one was about the employment of offenders and one was about young people. Am I not answering the right question?28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillYes, it was on ex-offenders. I certainly saw a page on that and will hopefully get to it soon. I will repeat the point I am making: the probationary period is an opportunity to…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillSadly, I have not got through my contribution in response to all the questions, so please give me a bit of time. I will certainly address that specific question when I get to it.…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillWell, I would argue very strongly that it does. I come back to the point—and I make it strongly—that the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, and his party increased the qualifying period. It…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, noble Lords have mentioned the lack of detail in the Bill. As somebody who has been heavily engaged in employment law over the last 40 years, I am very much aware of the…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 62, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 62A.28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank my noble friend for that. I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Leigh, as I got carried away with the points I was making about contracting out and forgot to address his…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I have already spoken to Motion M. I beg to move. Motion M1 (as an amendment to Motion M)28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI do not accept the noble Baroness’s position at all. In fact, historically, a lot of public sector unions did not have political funds, and if they did, they certainly did not…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, context is of course all-important in this debate. An arrangement was made that lasted from 1945 to 2016, and the important thing to keep stressing is that this is about…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendments 61 and 72, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reasons 61A and 72A.28 Oct 2025