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HANSARDConduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, the High Court overturned the Government’s previous repeal of Regulation 7 of the conduct regulations due to insufficient consultation. The Government continue to…19 Dec 2023HANSARDConduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022I thank the noble Lord for his supplementary question. The right to strike is enshrined in UK law. There is no ambition on the part of the Government to undermine that fundamental…19 Dec 2023HANSARDConduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022To be very clear, the appeal was put forward on two bases: the first was on the lack of consultation and the second was on the merits of Article 11. The court did not find on the…19 Dec 2023HANSARDConduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022It actually exists—it is three pages long and will take 10 minutes to read. It is very clear: most of it outlines the Conservative reform agenda for trade unions, and there is a…19 Dec 2023HANSARDConduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022As I said before, a decision has not been made on this—a consultation is going on. Regulation 7 is in some ways interference with the operation of private companies and other…19 Dec 2023HANSARDConduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022I think the decision was made on the basis that the court decided that full consultation had not taken place on what we would all agree is an important matter in employment law.…19 Dec 2023HANSARDConduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022There are legitimate circumstances where a company wants to fulfil its orders and contracts, and look after its clients, and, for whatever reason, it can find agency staff but the…19 Dec 2023HANSARDConstruction Sector: Cash RetentionsI thank the noble Lord for that question. Indeed, this has been the practice in the building industry for 150 years; it is the standard mechanism to ensure that work is done on…11 Dec 2023HANSARDConstruction Sector: Cash RetentionsI thank the noble Lord for that contribution. The Government understand well that the practice of cash retention can create problems in the supply chain, due to late and…11 Dec 2023HANSARDConstruction Sector: Cash RetentionsI thank the noble Lord for his Question. The Government will add a requirement for reporting on retention payments to the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance…11 Dec 2023HANSARDConstruction Sector: Cash RetentionsI thank my noble friend for that contribution. The Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017 require the larger UK companies to report on a half-yearly basis…11 Dec 2023HANSARDConstruction Sector: Cash RetentionsAs the noble Lord from the Cross Benches said, there are many suggestions as to how we go about doing this, and this is another one. On statutory bans on cash retentions, my…11 Dec 2023HANSARDConstruction Sector: Cash RetentionsI thank the noble Lord for that question. As I indicated, the direction of travel has improved considerably, with the construction sector working positively to reduce the amount…11 Dec 2023HANSARDConstruction Sector: Cash RetentionsI thank the noble Lord for that question. There is urgency, to the extent that we are consulting the industry, which has demonstrated that it can improve these terms. We have put…11 Dec 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I start my opening speech with a reference to the importance of digital. In recent decades, digital technologies have brought untold benefits to people around the world.…05 Dec 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.05 Dec 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThat the bill be committed to a Grand Committee, and that it be an instruction to the Grand Committee that they consider the bill in the following order: Clauses 1 to 36, Schedule…05 Dec 2023HANSARDRecognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 17 October be approved. Relevant document: 1st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (s pecial attention…27 Nov 2023HANSARDRecognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, these regulations were laid before the House on 17 October 2023. They implement the world-leading recognition of professional qualifications provisions within the UK’s…27 Nov 2023HANSARDRecognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023I thank the noble Lord, Lord McNicol, and the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, for their contributions to this SI debate. We can deal with the points about the devolved Governments…27 Nov 2023