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HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Levy Payable to the Certification Officer) Regulations 2022
Draft Trade Union (Power of the Certification Officer to impose Financial Penalties) Regulations 2022With apologies the right hon. Gentleman, may I provide an update on my intervention on the hon. Member for Glasgow South West? I have had a look at the numbers on Google. These…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Levy Payable to the Certification Officer) Regulations 2022
Draft Trade Union (Power of the Certification Officer to impose Financial Penalties) Regulations 2022I ask this question out of curiosity rather than to try to make a political point. We hear that the certification officer is costing around £750,000 a year, which could increase.…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Levy Payable to the Certification Officer) Regulations 2022
Draft Trade Union (Power of the Certification Officer to impose Financial Penalties) Regulations 2022Will the hon. Gentleman give way?25 Jan 2022HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Levy Payable to the Certification Officer) Regulations 2022
Draft Trade Union (Power of the Certification Officer to impose Financial Penalties) Regulations 2022The hon. Member is right about the trade unions, and I would echo that: I think they have done an extraordinarily good job. I worked with the Community union in my constituency at…25 Jan 2022HANSARDStandards in Public Life: Local Authorities2. What steps he is taking to ensure standards in public life are upheld at local authority level.24 Jan 2022HANSARDStandards in Public Life: Local AuthoritiesI am sure that you of all people, Mr Speaker, would agree that standards of politicians at every level are not always observed. On Wyre Forest District Council, a local councillor…24 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementMay I congratulate my right hon. Friend on her achievement in this trade deal? She is absolutely right that, despite the fact that we have signed 70 trade deals, this is the first…05 Jan 2022HANSARD Domestic Building Works (Consumer Protection) BillMy hon. Friend is being incredibly kind. First, let me quickly say a great thanks to everybody, particularly the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Chi Onwurah) and all…19 Nov 2021HANSARD Domestic Building Works (Consumer Protection) BillOkay. With the leave of the House, and in the light of the Minister’s assurances of further collaborative work on this issue, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Motion and…19 Nov 2021HANSARD Domestic Building Works (Consumer Protection) BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will just rattle through some thanks to colleagues—19 Nov 2021HANSARD Domestic Building Works (Consumer Protection) BillI have privately asked all sorts of senior people and, weirdly, they just roll their eyes and say, “It is what it is.” Perhaps we could, but I am certainly not qualified. I was an…19 Nov 2021HANSARD Domestic Building Works (Consumer Protection) BillMy right hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right. The implications of cowboy or rogue builders who do not build to standard are unbelievably widespread—indeed, that opens…19 Nov 2021HANSARD Domestic Building Works (Consumer Protection) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. In a debate in which we will talk about the activities of some possibly not-so-enhancing builders, I wish to start by…19 Nov 2021HANSARD Domestic Building Works (Consumer Protection) BillI was going to lead up to that.19 Nov 2021HANSARD Domestic Building Works (Consumer Protection) BillSelf-evidently not. My hon. Friend is right to ask that. A voluntary scheme is good, because builders who sign up to it can demonstrate that they are maintaining a certain level…19 Nov 2021HANSARD Planning (Enforcement) BillI hope my hon. Friend will stay for the next couple of debates and will contribute to make that point about building standards in the debate on my Bill about a licensing scheme…19 Nov 2021HANSARD Planning (Enforcement) BillMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. Does he agree that one of the problems with unwanted developments, particularly lorry parks or scrapyards, is that the land that he is…19 Nov 2021HANSARDFlood DefencesWhat progress he is making on the construction of flood defences.04 Mar 2021HANSARDFlood DefencesI thank the Minister for that response and also for meeting me and the Environment Agency yesterday. As she knows, Bewdley in my constituency has suffered from two…04 Mar 2021HANSARDTrade Deals with ASEAN CountriesFirst, I congratulate my right hon. Friend on everything she and her Department have achieved in terms of signing trade deals across the world. It is certainly important that the…25 Feb 2021