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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill21 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to support my noble friend Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay’s amendment, supported as it has been by very effective speeches from the noble Lords, Lord…21 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I say with great regret that the response we have received today is totally unconvincing. At no point throughout the progress of the Bill have Ministers offered a…21 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, in moving this amendment, I will also speak to Amendments 129, 131 to 134 and 145 in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Sharpe of Epsom. What we are talking about…21 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill21 Jul 2025HANSARDSyria: Druze CommunityMany of us were seriously concerned yesterday to hear about the military attack on the national hospital in Suwayda. As we all know, the Druze minority is to be found in the…17 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank my noble friend for introducing this important debate. As he has pointed out, the challenge is to strike the right balance. We must protect individuals from being…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Goddard of Stockport, that, as we warned when we discussed it in Committee, Clause 26 was, as originally drafted, quite simply…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, we are very grateful to my noble friend Lord Moynihan of Chelsea for his amendments. I thank the Minister and her team for the way in which they have entertained and…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their thoughtful contributions to this important debate. We are very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, for having raised…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Goddard of Stockport, for his important words when he talks about the impact of the Bill on small and medium-sized enterprises. The fact is…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Goddard of Stockport, for his amendments. I agree very much with the approach my noble friend Lord Ashcombe has taken. We are fully in…14 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill14 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, Amendment 28 simply asks for a degree of common sense. It would preserve a minimum one-day waiting period for statutory sick pay by lowering the qualifying threshold…14 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I would like to thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this important debate. I am particularly grateful to my noble friend Lady Noakes for reminding us all…14 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this has been a very important debate and I thank the Minister, the noble Baronesses, Lady O’Grady of Upper Holloway, Lady Goudie and Lady Ramsey of Wall Heath, the…14 Jul 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]Thank you.10 Jul 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]She is also under a misunderstanding. I was very proud to chair the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. If she had done her homework, she would have seen that I led the…10 Jul 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]I am happy to respond to the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, who referred to Lord Epsom rather than to my noble friend Lord Sharpe of Epsom.10 Jul 2025HANSARDFalkland Islands: Fisheries Exports TariffsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking, as part of the UK–EU relationship reset, to secure the removal of tariffs on fisheries exports from the Falkland…10 Jul 2025