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HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyMy Lords, regarding the two-child benefit and the restriction of it, I was disappointed in the things that the Minister said that the Government are doing. There was no mention of…10 Sept 2025HANSARDSickness Benefits: In-person InterviewsMy Lords, can the Minister expand on the purpose of a face-to-face assessment? Is this to help people get the sickness benefit they want and need, or is it in some way to make it…10 Sept 2025HANSARDLabour MarketMy Lords, I thank the Minister for telling us what the Government are doing. When the Chancellor increased employers’ NI in last year’s Budget, she chose to lower the starting…08 Sept 2025HANSARDPensions: Low-income and Self-employed WorkersMy Lords—23 Jul 2025HANSARDJobs MarketMy Lords, what assessment have the Government made of how far the increase in employers’ NICs in April 2025 led to a further switch-out of regular employment into contract work or…23 Jul 2025HANSARDPensions: Low-income and Self-employed WorkersMy Lords, the Minister is quite right to talk about the success of automatic enrolment but, as she touched on, the pension contributions of the self-employed raise alarm. Could…23 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit BillI thank the noble Lord. With speakers in the gap, you never know quite where you are. My Lords, first of all, it is a great pleasure to welcome the noble Baroness, Lady…22 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, the incredible thing about this amendment is that it has signatures and support from the Conservative Benches, the Labour Benches, the Liberal Democrat Benches and the…21 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillFrom these Benches, all I can say is that I echo those words. I hope that the Government have listened to the arguments about AI and will respond positively.21 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I speak for these Benches in support of Amendment 97 from the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson. Noble Lords will remember that it was regrouped, and I referred to it…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, many noble Lords get up and say that they will make a short speech; mine will indeed be very short, because all I wish to say is that we debated this matter at length on…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, we have had some very interesting comments here from various people. I remind noble Lords that all we are saying is that people should have a choice. They could have a…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, currently only a fully certified trade union representative or a colleague has the statutory right to accompany an employee to a hearing. In practice, this leaves the…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I have signed this amendment in support of the noble Baroness, Lady Penn. I will not add to what many noble Lords have said, but I want to deal with one point. The noble…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill14 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, Amendments 31 and 32 in my name relate to the often-ignored subject of kinship care. The amendments seek to introduce—at last—kinship care leave as a paid entitlement…14 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister and the Government Benches, particularly for the kind and very true words about the activities of Sir Ed Davey in highlighting carers’ value to…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit: Two-child LimitI thank the Minister for explaining the Government’s position, but it always seems to be that the real position is how much money we can save and how we can make the system…09 Jul 2025