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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Okay, you don’t want to answer that; I will ask another one. One of my concerns about labour market regulation relates to the use of substitution clauses by firms like Amazon…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)I would have to leave that to them. Michael Lorimer: I did think, Nick, that we could have met in the endangered species part of the Natural History Museum, as business leaders.28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Indeed. With not just the Bill, but the increase in employer’s national insurance contributions and things like the equalisation of the national living wage for young people—you…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)It is quite conspicuous that you are the first two witnesses, I think, who actually run businesses yourselves, and your evidence is rather different from much of the— Luke…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Do you personally want to see increased unionisation in Britain, and do you hope and/or expect that the Bill will deliver it? Justin Madders: I think that is actually a…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Can you name some? Justin Madders: I cannot name individual CEOs. Octopus has been very positive, Sainsbury’s has been very positive and, as we heard today, the Co-op has been…28 Nov 2024HANSARDUK Air and Missile DefencesI apologise for my late arrival, Mr Dowd. Two airbases in my constituency of West Suffolk, Lakenheath and Mildenhall, were recently targeted by drones; residents were concerned to…27 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q My concern is for people who are more at the margins of the labour market. We have touched on this a bit, but I think it is really important that we understand that employing…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is ridiculous that Britain should even contemplate taking some of the 61 Sri Lankan asylum seekers on Diego Garcia as part of its agreement with Mauritius. There are serious…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (First sitting)Q Employment standards are obviously important and can contribute to higher productivity, but also, if you guarantee and legislate for certain standards, there will be trade-offs,…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q I have three very quick questions, which I think you can answer very quickly. You are obviously very pleased with the Bill, and I know that countervailing power is important and…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q The impact assessment says that the costs of the Bill are around £5 billion, but earlier we heard that that is actually probably an underestimate and it is likely to be a lot…26 Nov 2024HANSARD G20 and COP29 SummitsOn the Prime Minister’s plan to decarbonise the grid by 2030, can he guarantee that in that timeframe there will no power shortages, no blackouts and no energy rationing?21 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Ely and Haughley upgrades are vital for getting freight from Felixstowe off roads and on to rail, reducing congestion on the A14 and providing much-needed relief to villages…21 Nov 2024HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationI begin by declaring an interest, in that I am an unpaid trustee of the Index on Censorship and write a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph. We are all here for this debate…21 Nov 2024HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Hotel AccommodationThe Prime Minister has pledged to smash the gangs, and the Minister appears to be very confident in her position, so can she tell the House which metric we should use to judge…20 Nov 2024HANSARDPolice ReformYou’re in charge now.20 Nov 2024HANSARDPolice ReformTwo years ago, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner said that 3,000 officers were not deployable for reasons of physical fitness, and 500 officers were not deployable for reasons…20 Nov 2024HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Hotel AccommodationCan you answer the question?20 Nov 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseIn July, the Home Secretary made claims to the House about her asylum policies that appear to be untrue. The impact assessment that she published at the time was contradicted in a…14 Nov 2024