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HANSARDJobs MarketMy noble friend makes a very strong point. He will be aware that in the recently published immigration White Paper, the Home Office outlined the steps it is taking to reduce net…23 Jul 2025HANSARDJobs MarketMy Lords, I have enjoyed debating with the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, over too many days to recall, the merits of the Government’s Employment Rights Bill. To be clear, the…23 Jul 2025HANSARDJobs MarketMy Lords, this Government’s No. 1 mission is to grow our economy. We want a thriving, inclusive labour market with more people in good jobs, high living standards and productivity…23 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, with thanks to the clerks, the doorkeepers and all the staff of the House for staying so late, I beg to move that the House do now adjourn.23 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I wish I had also brought my white hanky to the debate, but sadly I do not have that cop-out. This been a short but focused and interesting debate. I will begin with…23 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI am pleased to have a contrast in terms of debate length. It is good to hear from the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral. I will speak to this quite large group of amendments and,…23 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillAs it is quite late and we still have a lot of business to do, it is worth respectfully pointing out not just to the noble Baroness but to other noble Lords that the Companion is…23 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI apologise for interrupting the noble Baroness in full flow. She said she was not here for the start of the debate on the group, so it would be a courtesy to the House to leave…21 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, it was going so well, then it hit the buffers. I am trying to make that not the last of the rail-related jokes—noble Lords will note the groans from behind me. I thank…21 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI think I am right in saying the Companion says that the noble Lord is not allowed to speak twice in the debate as he has not moved the amendment.21 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank all noble Lords for the short but focused debate we have had on this set of amendments, moved and spoken to by the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe of Epsom. I particularly pay…21 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thought for a minute that concord might break out across the House—it did at least partially, but not quite. However, as the short debate we have had today and the…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI apologise for interrupting the noble Lord’s flow, but I feel that his comments on political funds go a fair way outside the scope of the amendments we are speaking to today.…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this has been a powerful debate on Amendment 97, which seeks to introduce financial support and leave for the parents of seriously ill children, and I thank all noble…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Holmes of Richmond, for tabling Amendment 110, which covers the regulation of umbrella companies. The amendment seeks to place an…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this has been a useful debate on Amendments 98 and 99, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Palmer of Childs Hill, and the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley. On Amendment…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillTo respond to the first point the noble Baroness made, perhaps I did not enunciate clearly enough, but I said that in the consultation the demand for change did not come from…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI do not have that information to hand. I am happy to write to the noble Lord with the detail. I take the opportunity to point out that the fair work agency that we are creating…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank my noble friend Lady of Nichols of Selby for that helpful clarification. I thought that was the case, but I am glad that she made it. She is in a far better position than…16 Jul 2025