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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 2022In my concluding remarks I will try to pick up any questions that I have not answered. I commend both statutory instruments to the Committee.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 2022We are currently considering that review. In 2019, we were required by section 4 of the Trade Union Act 2016 to consult relevant organisations, including professionals from expert…25 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Requirements for Employees to be VaccinatedI will come to the issue of NHS workers in a second, and show what we are doing regarding non-patient-facing NHS workers and the moves we are taking to help people get vaccinated.24 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Requirements for Employees to be VaccinatedClearly, the Department of Health and Social Care will be listening to everything my right hon. Friend says here and in the main Chamber, and indeed all the contributions that we…24 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Requirements for Employees to be VaccinatedI thank my hon. Friend. He talks about the impact, and we understand the concerns about that. That is why, apart from the measures that I outlined a second ago about making it as…24 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Requirements for Employees to be VaccinatedIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I congratulate the Petitions Committee on securing the debate, and the hon. Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk…24 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Requirements for Employees to be VaccinatedMy economic argument was not specifically about the NHS. It was about the fact that vaccines are the way out of this, to get back to a sense of normality—a new normal, whatever…24 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Requirements for Employees to be VaccinatedPreliminary evidence about the effectiveness of the vaccination against the omicron variant is still emerging, with data suggesting that vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic…24 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesI will not, just for a second. As our economic recovery gathers momentum, I am determined to continue with our work to build back better from the pandemic, and to build the…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesI will come to that. Another core part of the Taylor review was to find new ways of opening up the labour market, so that more people can enter it and then remain in work. That is…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesActually, what we are saying about flexible working is not about blaming the pandemic. Work has changed. The hon. Gentleman talks about zero-hours contracts—they have changed…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesI will come to what we have done and what we intend to do in just a second. I highlight the words of my right hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Mrs Miller): quite a lot has…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesI will come to statutory sick pay in a second. We know that sick pay needs to be looked at, and we will look to do so. During the pandemic, rather than concentrating on a…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Cummins. I congratulate the hon. Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi) on securing today’s important debate. Despite what we have…19 Jan 2022HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for the amendment. It has been previously considered in the House of Lords, both in Committee and on Report; we turn to it once again. I can confirm…18 Jan 2022HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the hon. Member for his new clause, which introduces a reporting requirement to set out the professions facing workforce shortages and the measures that are being taken to…18 Jan 2022HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)As I rise for the final time, I thank you for your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I thank the hon. Member for the new clause. The Government recognise the need for clarity on who…18 Jan 2022HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 21 gives the short title of the Bill for references to it in future papers or bodies of work. The short title is the Professional Qualifications Act 2021. Question put and…18 Jan 2022HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The House of Lords maintains the approach that when a Bill is introduced in the Lords, it does not involve taxation or public spending, deal with non-domestic rates or council…18 Jan 2022HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 20 sets out procedural detail for the commencement of the provisions of the Bill. It stipulates the timings at which, and conditions under which, the various sections and…18 Jan 2022