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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken. I refer to the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Jackson, about letters. I assure him that it is no coincidence that…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am grateful to every noble Lord for their contribution, and I have listened intently to each and every one of them. I thank noble Lords for their kind words about my…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank the noble Lord. I ask him to bear with me—patience here. We are already seeing the results. Just this morning, Amazon announced a £40 billion investment. This means that…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank the noble Baroness for that. I, together with my ministerial colleagues, speak to businesses every day, whether they are tech companies, other businesses or whatever.…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank the noble Baroness for giving me the opportunity to say this again. In the first quarter of 2025, the UK saw 90,000 businesses created. Business creation was up by 2.8%…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank the noble Baroness for that remark. I will get officials to write, setting out the detailed analysis of where this unemployment is and where new jobs are being created. I…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken. I thank the noble Lords, Lord Carter of Haslemere and Lord Fox, for Amendments 317, 326 and 329, and the noble Lord, Lord Palmer,…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillIt is tempting, but I can assure the noble Lord that it will be published very, very, very soon. How is that? Like I said, this is the last time I will speak in this Committee. I…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank the noble Baroness for that contribution. If she can be a bit patient, I have some more positive news for her. We have worked hand in hand with businesses and trade…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI had better clarify this. I said that the amendment to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill will extend the scope of employers required to carry out right-to-work…18 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, here we go again on impact assessment. I hope that the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, will forgive me if some of my notes repeat what was said in previous debates, but I will…18 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank the noble Baroness for that. Figures go up and down every month but let us look at it in the longer term. We are creating new jobs and that is what is really important. In…18 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Penn, for her Amendment 280 and for meeting with my noble friend Lady Jones and me last month to discuss this very important issue. I…18 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank the noble Baroness. I stand corrected on that point. The officials have just given me a note that it does cover substitute workers.18 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, for tabling Amendment 264ZA, which concerns the fair work agency’s remit. I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe of Epsom, for…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank the noble Baroness for her question. I am very clear about micro-businesses, medium-sized businesses and small businesses. At the event I attended, we had everybody. Not…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Fuller, and the noble Baroness, Lady Lawlor, for their contributions. I will be brief; I do not want to stand between noble Lords and their…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, for his contribution. I remember standing before him during the PRaM Bill and we discussed this very matter. Some of this negative…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, for her contribution and I will endeavour to respond to her amendments. However, I will not respond to Amendment 256, because it…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for his lengthy contribution. All he had to say was, “I do not support the amendment”. I thank and appreciate my noble friend Lord Prentis of…16 Jun 2025