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HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI am not going to give way.21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will try to answer many of the questions that have been asked. On fire and rehire, we heard an excellent speech from my hon. Friend the Member…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI thank the hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley (Louise Haigh) for bringing this debate to the House; it is absolutely right and important that she has done so. We have heard many…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI will not give way, but that reflects the contribution of the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull East (Karl Turner), who talked about the agency workers not knowing the vessels.…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Paid Miscarriage LeaveI am saying that we want to work with employers. We want to showcase the very best and to explain to employers—rightly—that any statutory limit we set is a minimum limit. Any…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Paid Miscarriage LeaveI am saying that it is one of the tools for employers to value their people, which is why we want to ensure that we can have a tailored response to people’s life events. I talked…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Paid Miscarriage LeaveI congratulate the hon. Member for Lanark and Hamilton East (Angela Crawley) on securing this debate, following the debate that we had in Westminster Hall, and I thank the…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Professional Qualifications Bill [Lords]I am today proposing two amendments in relation to the devolved Administrations. New clause 1 would place a duty on the Secretary of State or Lord Chancellor to consult the…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Professional Qualifications Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. This Bill is an important piece of legislation that will change our approach to recognising professional qualifications in…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Professional Qualifications Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.14 Mar 2022HANSARD Professional Qualifications Bill [Lords]I thank the hon. Members who have taken part in this important debate. I will whip through each amendment in turn, starting with new clause 2. I thank the hon. Member for North…14 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2022The figures are based, as I said, first on the evidence, weighing the benefits for the lowest paid with the increased cost pressures on business. Of course, it is not only for the…10 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2022Thank you, Dr Huq, and I thank hon. Members for their contributions to this debate. The national minimum wage and the national living wage will make, and do make, a real…10 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2022I thank the hon. Gentleman. Enforcement, which is covered by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, is clearly really important. We work closely with HMRC to ensure that it is…10 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2022. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. The…10 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2022It is difficult to do mid-year, but there will be other fiscal events, and there are other areas of support for people during the cost of living crisis. At the moment, we are…10 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2022As I say, some of that was the pausing of the naming and shaming, and we are effectively playing catch-up on that. On the percentage points that the hon. Member for Glasgow South…10 Mar 2022HANSARD Paid Miscarriage LeaveWe will outline employment measures when parliamentary time allows. The hon. Lady earlier talked about the Miscarriage Association pregnancy loss pledge. I am not in a position to…08 Mar 2022HANSARD Paid Miscarriage LeaveThat is exactly what I was going to say. That provision is there, and the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon)—a good friend of mine—talked about people taking holiday leave…08 Mar 2022HANSARD Paid Miscarriage LeaveI understand the hon. Member’s point of view. I ask him to look at it in the round, alongside universal credit and other means of welfare. We have said we would always look at…08 Mar 2022