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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillJust to press the point on the implementation plan, I am sure the Minister saw yesterday that the OECD downgraded growth forecasts for this country. Obviously, it blamed the…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Baroness Coffey for her amendment and for her thorough and comprehensive introduction to it. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of…05 Jun 2025HANSARDDenial of Banking Services: UK Defence SectorTo ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in reforming environmental, social, and governance rules to ensure that they are not used by financial institutions to…04 Jun 2025HANSARDDenial of Banking Services: UK Defence SectorMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that Answer, and somewhat reassured. However, there is still evidence—plenty, in fact—of the threat of debanking faced by SMEs in this…04 Jun 2025HANSARDGulf States: Trade and Human RightsMy Lords, will the Minister assure the House that in the course of these trade negotiations with the Gulf states the Government will take steps to ensure that the UK’s commitment…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Holmes of Richmond for his amendments in this group, and my noble friend Lord Hunt of Wirral for introducing them on his behalf. I also…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate, and in particular the noble Lords, Lord Pitkeathley of Camden Town and Lord Palmer of Childs Hill, for…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank the Minister for his response and all noble Lords for their contributions to this important debate. I particularly thank my noble friends Lord Deben and Lord Roborough for…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I appreciate the intent behind Amendment 143. After all, we are all familiar with the high-profile cases, such as P&O Ferries, to which the noble Lord, Lord Hendy,…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank both noble Lords for their contributions, and I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Warwick of Undercliffe, for her introduction to her Amendment 143B. We think it is…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank the Minister for that comprehensive answer, and I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this quite lively debate. I have to say I was disappointed that the greatest…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThat is why we were asking these questions and laying this amendment. It is good to have it out in the open. The amendment sought not litigation but clarity. It sought not…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 133 in my name. I have to start by saying that the family farm tax introduced by this Government is a disastrous policy. According to the NFU,…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Holmes for tabling this amendment and the noble Viscount, Lord Colville, with his perspective from the creative industries, for introducing…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 145 standing in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Hunt of Wirral. This amendment introduces a mechanism for public sector workers who…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this relatively brief group. I agree with my noble friend Lady Coffey. At first glance, the idea of banning unpaid trials…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I join the general congratulations offered to the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Llanfaes, on her very comprehensive introduction of these amendments; she deployed some…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, and my noble friends Lady Neville-Rolfe and Lord Lucas for their amendments and their thoughtful contributions in this…21 May 2025