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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my right hon. Friend not only for his question, but for his meeting last week with my hon. Friend the Member for Telford (Lucy Allan) as well as Tracy Felstead, Janet…21 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is a real champion for his area, often talking about family businesses such as Strickland and Holt, which was established in 1854, and the contribution of such…21 Sept 2021HANSARDFire and RehireWe introduced the national living wage. We have enabled workers to carry over more annual leave because of the pandemic. We have increased the reference period that employers use…21 Sept 2021HANSARDFire and RehireI always thank my hon. Friend for her interventions in the matter, because with her experience as an employment barrister she has seen it from both angles. The Government do not…21 Sept 2021HANSARDSupply ChainsThe hon. Lady started talking about supply chains and ended up talking about welfare, but let me tackle the supply chains issue. We are working closely with sector leaders to…21 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman will know that his area has received £14.5 million from the future high streets fund, which will bring local projects to life to help revitalise the high…21 Sept 2021HANSARDFire and RehireWe have been clear that threats to fire and rehire as a tactic to pressure workers during negotiations are totally unacceptable. That is why we have asked the Advisory,…21 Sept 2021HANSARDNeonatal Care: Statutory Leave and PayThe Government are committed to introducing statutory leave and pay for parents of babies requiring neonatal care, and we will do that as soon as parliamentary time allows.21 Sept 2021HANSARDNeonatal Care: Statutory Leave and PayI appreciate the work that the hon. Gentleman and his all-party parliamentary group on premature and sick babies are doing in this area. The Government are committed to ensuring…21 Sept 2021HANSARDEthnicity Pay GapThe Government are clearly working towards this and I will continue developing that journey in my speech. What we want to do is to make sure that we are delivering on something…20 Sept 2021HANSARDEthnicity Pay GapAs I said at the beginning of my response, I am developing that journey covering the last two years’ worth of work if the hon. Lady will remain patient. The hon. Member for…20 Sept 2021HANSARDEthnicity Pay GapThis is the civil service as a whole. What I am saying to my right hon. Friend is that the figures are clearly skewed by that 22%. We want to get accurate reporting, but…20 Sept 2021HANSARDEthnicity Pay GapI am grateful to the hon. Lady for letting me progress with my speech, because that is exactly the point that I was coming to. We have continued to work with businesses and other…20 Sept 2021HANSARDEthnicity Pay GapI think the hon. Lady is mixing up two things, because the data I talked about was specific to the civil service. It was specifically to make the point that we can read different…20 Sept 2021HANSARDEthnicity Pay GapIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn) and the Petitions Committee on…20 Sept 2021HANSARDThe Insolvency Service Performance Targets 2021-22My right hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility (Lord Callanan) has today made the following statement: I have set performance…10 Sept 2021HANSARD Co-operative Purchase of CompaniesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. It is a privilege to respond to the hon. Member for Neath (Christina Rees) and I congratulate her on securing the…08 Sept 2021HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Extension of the Relevant Period) (No. 2) Regulations 2021I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Extension of the Relevant Period) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I.…06 Sept 2021HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Extension of the Relevant Period) (No. 2) Regulations 2021I appreciate the hon. Lady’s support, her party’s support and the support of her predecessor, the hon. Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell), who was patient in returning to…06 Sept 2021HANSARDIndustrial Development Act : Coronavirus-related AssistanceI am tabling this statement for the benefit of hon. Members to bring to their attention spend under the Industrial Development Act 1982. In addition to the obligation to report on…21 Jul 2021