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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI was looking to a longer holiday for us all to scrutinise the Bill. There is no need for the Minister to keep clarifying his comments. I just take them at face value, and it is…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 68, 69, 70 and 71 standing in my name. I will speak to Amendment 68 first. It concerns the removal of the three-day waiting period for…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, with Amendments 19A, 20 and 21 in my name and in the name of my noble friend Lord Sharpe, we return to guaranteed hours. As drafted, our concern is that the Bill risks…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I think my noble friend Lord Lucas and the noble Lord, Lord Fox, were looking for the draft regulations. I do not think I need to remind the Committee of my declaration…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, as I indicated, we now return to students and the guaranteed-hours exemption for full-time students. Amendment 19B is in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Sharpe…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this has been a valuable debate; I agree with the Minister. Indeed, I welcomed her admission that zero-hours contracts work very well for students and are valued by…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillYes. I had to turn up at 5 am and then read the news.08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillSadly, yes. I was on a student grant and they were abolished, so I cannot draw too many analogies. My noble friend enticed me down memory lane. I just wanted to see what the…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillOn the first day in Committee, we already discussed the implementation plan of the Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch. We then moved on to discuss the draft…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, as we now move to consider reasonable notice in agency work, I will speak to Amendments 33 and 36 to 38. Unfortunately, and despite all their show of consultation, I…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this has been a helpful short debate. I join with the noble Lord, Lord Goddard of Stockport, in seeking clarity, fairness and consistency. The Minister has given us some…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, we now move to consider the impact assessments, or lack of them. Amendment 62, which I will speak to first, considers the impact on employment tribunals of the zero-hour…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillCan the noble Lord respond to the red rating which the RPC has given the Government’s impact assessment? Are the Government continuing discussions with the Regulatory Policy…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, that was a very significant admission by the Minister, for which we thank him. We will need the recess to rethink quite a lot of the Bill. I agree with the noble…08 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 153, 201, 217 and 241, in the name of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, who cannot attend the Committee today. I know the whole…06 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, that we need to brief as we have debated this area already. But we do have a great debt of gratitude to my noble friend for…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, briefly, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for bringing forward this important purpose clause amendment, which I must tell him—I know he is always surprised when I…29 Apr 2025