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HANSARDLifting the Lockdown: Workplace SafetyI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising the important issue of those people who are most vulnerable in this situation. The guidance already sets out the steps that individuals…06 May 2020HANSARDLifting the Lockdown: Workplace SafetyBy consulting as many businesses, unions and representative organisations as we can, we have been able to work through the guidelines in our own times. Whereas at the beginning we…06 May 2020HANSARDLifting the Lockdown: Workplace SafetyCommunication is so important in this. We have seen how effective the message about staying home and saving lives has been so far. What we must now do is work with businesses to…06 May 2020HANSARDLifting the Lockdown: Workplace SafetyThe Government remain committed to supporting business during this unprecedented change. We are preparing for the next phase of tackling covid-19 in the ways I have outlined, and…06 May 2020HANSARDLifting the Lockdown: Workplace SafetyMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to stand up for small businesses. This is why we have said that unless businesses are among those that were required to close, they can continue…06 May 2020HANSARDLifting the Lockdown: Workplace SafetyWe are working with supply chains in the UK and across the world to ensure that, with the huge demand for PPE in a number of different countries that are all suffering and working…06 May 2020HANSARDLifting the Lockdown: Workplace SafetyMy hon. Friend is right to take the specific example of construction sites. Clearly, there are different types of site. Battersea power station, which I visited just before the…06 May 2020HANSARDDraft Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2020. It is a…23 Mar 2020HANSARDDraft Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2020I thank all hon. Members, and especially the right hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) and the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North for their words in…23 Mar 2020HANSARD Horizon Settlement: Future Governance of Post Office LtdI will not, because I am running out of time. I stress that the Government have robust mechanisms in place to maintain oversight of the Post Office, and they are regularly…19 Mar 2020HANSARD Horizon Settlement: Future Governance of Post Office LtdThat is why the CCRC is looking at those cases and will therefore be able to refer them to the Court of Appeal accordingly. That option is now available, which would not normally…19 Mar 2020HANSARD Horizon Settlement: Future Governance of Post Office LtdFirst of all, I congratulate the right hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Jones) and my hon. Friend the Member for North West Leicestershire (Andrew Bridgen), who cannot be here…19 Mar 2020HANSARDDraft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020By contacting 2,000 employers, we are reminding them of their legal responsibilities. I understand the hon. Gentleman’s concern about vulnerability and whistleblowing in those…17 Mar 2020HANSARDDraft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. One of the Government’s proudest achievements is creating millions more jobs since 2010. We are determined to make…17 Mar 2020HANSARDDraft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020I thank hon. Members for their valuable contributions to the debate. The national minimum wage and the national living wage make a real difference to the lives of millions of…17 Mar 2020HANSARDDraft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020Unfortunately, I am not the Chancellor, but I look forward to the statement this evening. At this time, it is important that we continue to speak out daily for businesses and, as…17 Mar 2020HANSARDDraft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2020.17 Mar 2020HANSARDDraft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020Forgive me, I missed that one. The current rules are clear that tips do not count towards pay for national living wage purposes. That is part of the education that we need to…17 Mar 2020HANSARDBusiness, Energy and Industrial StrategyThe Post Office, under its new chief executive officer, has since accepted that it got things wrong. He has apologised and said that it aims to re-establish a positive…13 Mar 2020HANSARDBusiness, Energy and Industrial StrategyThe Post Office, under its new chief executive officer, has since accepted that it got things wrong , apologised and said that it aims to re-establish a positive relationship with…13 Mar 2020