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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI am sorry about that discordant note, introduced into what has been a really useful day in Committee on this important Bill. I hope that people outside will realise that we have…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I start by saying how pleased we are to see my noble friend Lord Holmes of Richmond in his place. I had the privilege of moving his previous amendments in his absence,…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this has been a very important debate, and I thank my noble friends Lady Barran and Lady Coffey for their amendments in this group. We have had some very interesting…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 208A, 209A, 210, 210A, 213A and 213B, standing in my name. Those first amendments remove the reference to communication with workers as an…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I say at the outset what an important debate this has been. We on these Benches support fair pay, decent working conditions and recognition of the vital work that social…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, we all owe a great debt of gratitude to the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner of Worcester, and my noble friend Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, for introducing a fascinating…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, we are very grateful to the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, the noble Lords, Lord Freyberg and Lord Hendy, and the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Hudnall, for bringing…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, we are very grateful indeed to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, for introducing us to a fascinating debate. The noble Lord, Lord Goddard of Stockport, put…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, and my noble friends Lady Lawlor and Lord Jackson of Peterborough because they rightly question whether this clause is…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Brixton, for so clearly setting out the case for a range of amendments. As he made clear, the matters under…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThis has been a very valuable debate on a very important clause, Clause 27. I am very grateful to my noble friends Lord Moynihan of Chelsea, Lady Lawlor and Lady Coffey, who gave…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThe Minister started off by referring to government amendments. I just wonder which amendments he is referring to, because I am not aware that any other government amendments to…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Lucas for his amendment and the gentle way in which he introduced what could be a very important move to simplify what the noble Lord, Lord…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, Amendments 141BA to 142B stand in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Sharpe of Epsom. Collective redundancies often occur in the context of an insolvency.…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister, who always responds positively to any suggestions that I make, particularly in the corridors of this House. I should have declared…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, as we have already heard from the noble Viscount, Lord Colville of Culross, my noble friend Lord Holmes of Richmond cannot be with us today, so I will move his amendment…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, as we move to consider Clause 26, I believe Amendments 113ZA and 113B bring essential clarity, balance and proportionality to the Bill’s treatment of contract variation.…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I have a feeling that although the Minister was doing his best, he was reading from a script that had been drafted before this debate took place. I listened to my noble…21 May 2025