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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI understand that, but it still requires something in the Bill to allow a minimum number. We can return to that matter on Report.10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am very grateful for the Minister’s introduction to my amendments. I accept that the Government want to go for 2% as the lower limit, but I found the Government’s…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI would be very grateful if the Minister could address the substance of my amendment; 10% or 2% is all very fine, but if it results in the answer of one employee being sufficient,…10 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 69A in this group. It speaks for itself. I look forward to the Minister’s response.09 Jun 2025HANSARDCriminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) (England and Wales) Order 2025My Lords, I join the Minister’s expressions of gratefulness towards the family of Ronan Kanda for the way that they have taken forward this campaign. I also thank the Minister and…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her reply. I am sorry she does not feel sympathy for the direction I was taking. It seems to me that when you are addressing the…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank Tim Leunig for drawing my attention to this proposal. The standard in the UK when a person has a job and contracts for a new one is that he or she has to serve a…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 113A of this group, which is a very minimalist amendment designed to deal with circumstances in which, for instance, the company needs to change its…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 107A in this group, which is intended to be an entirely helpful amendment for the Government, allowing them to put nine months on the face of the Bill…21 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I hope that my noble friend Lord Balfe made a very good case for a purpose clause that puts children at the front of the Bill. I will make a rather more restricted case…20 May 2025HANSARDMotor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025My Lords, as the Minister points out, we have a large electric car market; as my noble friend Lord Moylan on the Front Bench points out, what we have is a market for large…19 May 2025HANSARDMotor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025For noble Lords’ information, the cost of an electric tuk-tuk in China is about £1,500.19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, as a proprietor of a small business, I can say that anything with the words “all reasonable” in it is going to meet with some very careful consideration. Of course, I am…19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, “all reasonable steps” is serious stuff. You not only have to employ someone who has a breadth of experience that goes beyond yours as an SME to advise you as to what…19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I very much agree with the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell. That a Lucas can agree with a Cromwell demonstrates the healing power of time—it has taken only 400 years. I…19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, did I catch the sense that the Government are looking to see what changes they can make now—for instance, picking up on the point that the noble Baroness, Lady…19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI join the noble Lord, Lord Fox, in saying that I would really appreciate the opportunity to look at how this Bill deals with lumpy demand— not only predictably lumpy but randomly…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I hope this amendment will come under the “lumpiness seminar” we have been promised. It is about what “reasonable notice” means in the Government’s intentions and how…08 May 2025